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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

ActingApril 4, 1928(died age 86)St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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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.

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Filmography (62)

2025·Self (archive footage)

Maya Angelou at the BBC

2024·Self (archive footage)

2024·Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

Why Is We Americans?

Other Credits (12)

The Black Candle

Down in the Delta

America's Dream

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

2021·Self

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde

Becky and the Birds

2018·Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Words Are Things

2018·Narrator (voice)

2018·Self (archive footage)

2017·Self (archive footage)

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016·Self (archive footage)

I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song

The Power of the Heart

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

On the Shoulders of Giants

One Night in Vegas

The Black Candle

2009·Self - Narrator

Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

Madea's Family Reunion

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

2004·Self (archive footage)

America Beyond the Color Line

Sisters in Cinema

2000·Conjure Woman

The Unfinished Journey

The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

The Gregory Hines Show

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996·Narrator (voice)

Angelou on Burns

1996·Self (archive footage, uncredited)

1996·Maya Angelou

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

How to Make an American Quilt

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995·Fairy Godmother (voice)

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994·Self (archive footage)

Touched by an Angel

1994·Clarice Mitchell

1993·Aunt June

There Are No Children Here

1993·Lelia Mae

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993·Self - Special Guest

Intimate Portrait

1993·Self (archive footage)

Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

The Real Malcolm X

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

American Experience

1988·Self - Author

Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

American Masters

Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977·Willie's Wife

The Richard Pryor Show

Great Performances

Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!

1969·Self - Host

Calypso Heat Wave

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951·Conjure woman

Sister, Sister

1982·Writer

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977·Additional Writing

Georgia, Georgia

Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!

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