Maya Angelou
11.3Acting

Maya Angelou

Apr 4, 1928 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Maya Angelou 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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2018Becky and the BirdsSelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2009Good HairSelf
Movie1995How to Make an American QuiltAnna
Movie1993Poetic JusticeAunt June
Movie1999The Unfinished JourneySelf
Movie2006Madea's Family ReunionMay
Movie2008Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedSelf
Movie2022Why Is We Americans?Self
Movie1957Calypso Heat Wave
Movie2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsSelf
Movie1998The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living EdensNarrator
Movie1992Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American ArtistsAnchor
Movie2010One Night in VegasSelf
Movie1998Quincy Jones...The First 50 YearsSelf
Movie1977The Richard Pryor Special?Willie's Wife
Movie2024Maya Angelou at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
Movie2014The Power of the HeartSelf
Movie2024DaedalusSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasNarrator (voice)
Movie2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf (archive footage)
Movie2003Sisters in CinemaSelf
Movie1989James Baldwin: The Price of the TicketSelf
Movie1997Perfect MomentSelf
Movie2018Words Are ThingsNarrator (voice)
Movie2009The Black CandleSelf - Narrator
Movie1993There Are No Children HereLelia Mae
Movie2015I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of SongSelf
Movie2011On the Shoulders of Giants
Movie1994Malcolm X: Make It PlainSelf
Movie1987Aimé Césaire: The Mask of WordsSelf
Movie2018Mr. SOUL!Self (archive footage)
Movie2020Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando TardeSelf
Movie1996Angelou on Burns
Movie2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf
Movie1959Porgy and BessDancer
Movie1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
Movie2000The RunawayConjure Woman
Movie2009Papa CésaireSelf
Movie2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage)
TV Show1994Touched by an AngelClarice Mitchell1
TV Show1977The Richard Pryor Show5
TV Show1996Moesha1
TV Show1999The Early ShowSelf2
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameConjure woman1
TV Show1993Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show2005IconoclastsSelf1
TV Show1997The Gregory Hines ShowSelf1
TV Show1986American MastersSelf1
TV Show2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf1
TV Show2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildFairy Godmother (voice)1
TV Show1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf1
TV Show1977RootsNyo Boto1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf1
TV ShowN/AAssignment America4
TV Show1988American ExperienceSelf - Author1

Crew

Media
Movie1998Down in the DeltaDirectorDirecting
Movie1972Georgia, GeorgiaMusicSound
Movie1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsNovelWriting
Movie1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsWriterWriting
Movie1960Integration Report 1MusicSound
Movie1975All Day LongDirectorDirecting
Movie1972Georgia, GeorgiaWriterWriting
Movie1996America's DreamStoryWriting
Movie1977The Richard Pryor Special?Additional WritingCrew
Movie1982Sister, SisterWriterWriting
Movie2009The Black CandlePoemCrew
Movie1976The TapestryDirectorDirecting
Movie1982Sister, SisterProducerProduction