Maya Angelou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1928
- Died
- May 28, 2014 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
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Filmography
Assignment America
TV · 4 eps
Orwell: 2+2=5
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Daedalus
Movie · as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Why Is We Americans?
Movie · as Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Movie · as Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
Movie · as Self
Becky and the Birds
Movie · as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Words Are Things
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Mr. SOUL!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
Movie · as Self
The Power of the Heart
Movie · as Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Movie · as Self
On the Shoulders of Giants
Movie
One Night in Vegas
Movie · as Self
Good Hair
Movie · as Self
The Black Candle
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Papa Césaire
Movie · as Self
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Movie · as Self
Madea's Family Reunion
Movie · as May
Iconoclasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
America Beyond the Color Line
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sisters in Cinema
Movie · as Self
The Runaway
Movie · as Conjure Woman
The Unfinished Journey
Movie · as Self
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
Movie · as Narrator
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
Movie · as Self
Perfect Moment
Movie · as Self
The Gregory Hines Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
HARDtalk
TV · 1 ep
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Angelou on Burns
Movie
Get on the Bus
Movie · as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Moesha
TV · as Maya Angelou · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie · as Anna
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Fairy Godmother (voice) · 1 ep
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Clarice Mitchell · 1 ep
Poetic Justice
Movie · as Aunt June
There Are No Children Here
Movie · as Lelia Mae
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Movie · as Self - Special Guest
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
Movie · as Anchor
The Real Malcolm X
Movie
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Movie · as Self
American Experience
TV · as Self - Author · 1 ep
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
Movie · as Self
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
Movie
The Richard Pryor Special?
Movie · as Willie's Wife
The Richard Pryor Show
TV · 5 eps
Roots
TV · as Nyo Boto · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps
Porgy and Bess
Movie · as Dancer
Calypso Heat Wave
Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Conjure woman · 1 ep