Sep 22, 1925 - Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September 22, 1925 – May 6, 2004) was an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version of Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | Mama Holiday | |
| Movie | 1990 | Burning Bridges | Mamie | |
| Movie | 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Choir Mistress | |
| Movie | 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Emma Ray | |
| Movie | 1995 | Truman | Elizabeth Moore | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Mabel Cobb | |
| Movie | 1980 | White Mama | Gorilla Sydney | |
| Movie | 2001 | For Love of Olivia | Ida Mae Boudreau | |
| Movie | 1984 | Teachers | Landlady | |
| Movie | 1973 | Five on the Black Hand Side | Ruby | |
| Movie | 1990 | When You Remember Me | Nurse Blandings | |
| Movie | 1988 | Backfire | Maxine | |
| Movie | 1981 | Inmates: A Love Story | Agnes | |
| Movie | 1987 | Off the Mark | Velma | |
| Movie | 1971 | Big Jake | Delilah | |
| Movie | 1973 | The World's Greatest Athlete | Native Woman | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Feminine Touch | Mama | |
| Movie | 2001 | Taking Back Our Town | ||
| Movie | 1997 | Sunsplit | ||
| Movie | 1996 | Raven Hawk | Dr. Helen Harris | |
| Movie | 1962 | House of Women | Sarah | |
| Movie | 1990 | Pacific Palisades | Shirley | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Late Liz | Martha | |
| Movie | 1992 | Original Intent | Lily Reid | |
| Movie | 1986 | Howard the Duck | Coramae | |
| Movie | 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Florence Sparrow | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Toy | Ruby Simpson | |
| Movie | 1990 | Donor | Mrs. Mantley | |
| Movie | 1993 | Beethoven's 2nd | Chemistry Teacher | |
| Movie | 1985 | Da Capo | Singing prisoner | |
| Movie | 1988 | The George McKenna Story | Margaret Wright | |
| Movie | 1979 | The North Avenue Irregulars | Cleo | |
| Movie | 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Effie | |
| Movie | 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Cook | |
| Movie | 1969 | The Lost Man | Theresa | |
| TV Show | 1982 | St. Elsewhere | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Margo Webster | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Rookies | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2000 | The District | Crazy Mary | 1 |
| TV Show | 1960 | My Three Sons | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Golden Girls | Greta | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Hattie Banks | 6 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Pretender | Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | 227 | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Frank's Place | Bertha Griffin-Lamour | 22 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Highway to Heaven | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Aunt Cass | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Dynasty | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ruth | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Mannix | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | Knots Landing | Mrs. Adele Carter | 2 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Practice | Virginia Reynolds | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The Hughleys | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Waltons | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1964 | Daniel Boone | Elsie | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Judd for the Defense | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Judge (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1994 | ER | Mrs. Wilson | 2 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Madman of the People | Clara | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Downtown | Delia Bonner | 13 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Snoops | Mrs. Garrett | 1 |
No crew credits available.
