Whoopi Goldberg, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey, and Akosua Busia at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Rae Dawn Chong and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Lolita Davidovich, Rae Dawn Chong, and Rachel Ticotin in Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991)

Rae Dawn Chong, Jackée Harry, Phil Morris, and Omarosa Manigault Newman in Knock 'em Dead (2014)

Rae Dawn Chong and Robert Davi in Amazon (1990)

Rae Dawn Chong, Jeff Fahey, and Glenn Plummer in Small Time (1996)

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Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong, Nicholas Kadi, and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Rae Dawn Chong and Willie Nelson in Starlight (1996)

Sandra Bullock, Elizabeth Berridge, Rae Dawn Chong, Paul Johansson, Kris Kamm, and Brian McNamara in When the Party's Over (1992)

Rae Dawn Chong and Nicholas Kadi in Quest for Fire (1981)

Whoopi Goldberg, Rae Dawn Chong, and Margaret Avery in The Color Purple (1985)

Rae Dawn Chong and Pamela Adlon in Better Things (2016)

Rae Dawn Chong, Gene Barge, and George Englund Jr. in Stony Island (1978)

Rae Dawn Chong, Richard Davis, and Edward Stoney Robinson in Stony Island (1978)

Susan Sarandon and Rae Dawn Chong in Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

Rae Dawn Chong in Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong in Commando (1985)

Kevin Costner, Alexandra Paul, Rae Dawn Chong, and David Marshall Grant in American Flyers (1985)

Rae Dawn Chong, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Shelby Chong, and Cheech & Chong in Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers (1984)

Michael Keaton and Rae Dawn Chong in The Squeeze (1987)

Rae Dawn Chong and Meat Loaf in The Squeeze (1987)

Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, and Hill Harper in The Visit (2000)

Sandra Bullock, Elizabeth Berridge, Rae Dawn Chong, Fisher Stevens, Paul Johansson, Kris Kamm, and Brian McNamara in When the Party's Over (1992)

Rae Dawn Chong and C. Thomas Howell in Soul Man (1986)