Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-04-04

Deathday

2014-05-28 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Maya Angelou

Biography

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.

Known For

6.9%

Poetic Justice

Jul 23, 1993

7.4%

Roots

Jan 23, 1977

6.3%

Madea's Family Reunion

Feb 24, 2006

6.4%

How to Make an American Quilt

Oct 6, 1995

7.2%

Touched by an Angel

Sep 21, 1994

6.6%

Good Hair

Oct 9, 2009

6.9%

Moesha

Jan 23, 1996

7.4%

American Experience

Oct 4, 1988

6.1%

Porgy and Bess

Jun 24, 1959

6.8%

The Nineties

Jul 9, 2017

6.9%

American Masters

Jun 23, 1986

5.4%

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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Acting

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Assignment America

2024		Daedalus as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024		Maya Angelou at the BBC as Self (archive footage)

2022

Why Is We Americans? as Self

2021

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self

2020

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde as Self

2018		Becky and the Birds as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018		Words Are Things as Narrator (voice)
2018		Mr. SOUL! as Self (archive footage)

2017

The Nineties as Self (archive footage)

2016

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self (archive footage)

2015

I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song as Self

2014

The Power of the Heart as Self

2012

Paul Simon: Under African Skies as Self

2011

On the Shoulders of Giants

2010

One Night in Vegas as Self

2009		Good Hair as Self
2009		The Black Candle as Self - Narrator

2008

Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed as Self

2006

Madea's Family Reunion as May

2005

Iconoclasts as Self

2004

America Beyond the Color Line as Self

2003

Sisters in Cinema as Self

2000

The Runaway as Conjure Woman

1999		The Unfinished Journey as Self
1999		The Early Show as Self

1998		Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years as Self
1998		The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens as Narrator

1997		The Gregory Hines Show as Self
1997		Perfect Moment as Self

1996		Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas as Narrator (voice)
1996		The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
1996		Moesha
1996		Angelou on Burns

1995		How to Make an American Quilt as Anna
1995		Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Fairy Godmother (voice)

1994		Touched by an Angel as Clarice Mitchell
1994		Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
1994		Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self