Carolyn Franklin (I) (1944–1988)

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Carolyn Franklin (I) (1944–1988)

Actress, Soundtrack

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Credits
27 titles

Past Film & Video (8 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Acrimony (2018) Writer: "Save Me" Writer: "Save Me" See fewer	$20MM	$17MM	$44MM	$46MM
Girls Trip (2017) Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer	$19MM	$31MM	$115MM	$141MM
She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014) Writer: "Save Me" Writer: "Save Me" See fewer		$11K	$422K	$422K
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011) Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer	$9MM	$6MM	$12MM	$19MM
The Last King of Scotland (2006) Writer: "Save Me" Writer: "Save Me" See fewer	$6MM	$143K	$18MM	$56MM
Ali (2001) Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer	$107MM	$15MM	$58MM	$88MM
The Blues Brothers (1980) Soul Food Chorus Soul Food Chorus See fewer	$28MM	$4.9MM	$57MM	$115MM
Coming Home (1978) Writer: "Save Me" Writer: "Save Me" See fewer	$3MM		$33MM	$33MM

Past Television (11 titles)	Episodes
The Clash (2025) (TV Series) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (1 episode, 2025) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (1 episode, 2025) See fewer Tres bakbakan (Jul 27, 2025) Season 7, Episode 8 - Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer	1
The Masked Singer (2024) (TV Series) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (1 episode, 2024) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (1 episode, 2024) See fewer Group B Finals: 60s Night (Nov 6, 2024) Season 12, Episode 6 - Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer	1
Genius (2021) (TV Series) - Writer: "Angel" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2021), Writer: "Save Me" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2021) Writer: "Angel" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2021), Writer: "Save Me" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Aretha: Chain of Fools (Mar 24, 2021) Season 3, Episode 7 - Writer: "Angel" (uncredited) Writer: "Angel" (uncredited) See fewer Aretha: Respect (Mar 21, 2021) Season 3, Episode 1 - Writer: "Save Me" (uncredited) Writer: "Save Me" (uncredited) See fewer	2
Jett (2019) (TV Series) - Writer: "Save Me" (1 episode, 2019) Writer: "Save Me" (1 episode, 2019) See fewer Bennie (Jul 12, 2019) Season 1, Episode 5 - Writer: "Save Me" Writer: "Save Me" See fewer	1
Black Girls Rock! (2018) (TV Special) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer
Wimbledon (2016) (TV Series) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) (3 episodes, 2016) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) (3 episodes, 2016) See fewer 2016: Day 8, Part 2 (Jul 4, 2016) Season 74, Episode 21 - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
Scandal (2015) (TV Series) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2015) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Get Out of Jail, Free (Oct 29, 2015) Season 5, Episode 6 - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) See fewer	1
Suits (2015) (TV Series) - Lyrics: "Respect" (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2015) Lyrics: "Respect" (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2015) See fewer Derailed (Feb 18, 2015) Season 4, Episode 14 - Lyrics: "Respect" (uncredited) Lyrics: "Respect" (uncredited) See fewer Fork in the Road (Feb 11, 2015) Season 4, Episode 13 - Lyrics: "Respect" (uncredited) Lyrics: "Respect" (uncredited) See fewer	2
Glee (2011) (TV Series) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011) See fewer A Night of Neglect (Apr 19, 2011) Season 2, Episode 17 - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (uncredited) See fewer	1
The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011) (TV Special) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer
Midnight Caller (1988) (TV Series) - Writer: "Ain't No Way" (1 episode, 1988) Writer: "Ain't No Way" (1 episode, 1988) See fewer Conversations with an Assassin (Oct 25, 1988) Season 1, Episode 1 - Writer: "Ain't No Way" Writer: "Ain't No Way" See fewer	1

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Self (6 titles)
Biography (2007) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2007) Self (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Aretha Franklin (Aug 16, 2007) Self Self See fewer
American Masters (1988) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1988) Self (1 episode, 1988) See fewer Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul (Aug 22, 1988) Season 3, Episode 4 - Self Self See fewer
Soul! (1971) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1971) Self (1 episode, 1971) See fewer Episode dated 7 January 1971 (Jan 7, 1971) Self Self See fewer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1970) Self (1 episode, 1970) See fewer Episode dated 25 March 1970 (Mar 25, 1970) Self Self See fewer
The David Frost Show (1970) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1970) Self (1 episode, 1970) See fewer Episode #2.141 (Mar 16, 1970) Season 2, Episode 141 - Self Self See fewer
The Merv Griffin Show (1969) (TV Series) - Self - singer / Self - songwriter (1 episode, 1969) Self - singer / Self - songwriter (1 episode, 1969) See fewer James Earl Jones, Carolyn Franklin, Arthur Godfrey, Aliza Kashi, Leonard Barr, John Hartford (Jun 13, 1969) Season 6, Episode 205 - Self - singer / Self - songwriter Self - singer / Self - songwriter See fewer

Archive Footage (2 titles)
It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV Special) - Self - Soul Food Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Soul Food Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
VH1 Legends (1998) (TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 1998) Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 1998) See fewer Aretha Franklin (Oct 10, 1998) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer

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