I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Synopsis

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

Main Cast

Paul Benjamin

Freeman

Age : 81 | Popularity : 5%

Diahann Carroll

Vivian

Age : 84 | Popularity : 5%

Ruby Dee

Grandmother Baxter

Age : 91 | Popularity : 4%

Roger E. Mosley

Bailey, Sr.

Age : 85 | Popularity : 13%

Esther Rolle

Momma

Age : 78 | Popularity : 5%

Madge Sinclair

Miss Flowers

Age : 57 | Popularity : 10%

Sonny Jim Gaines

Uncle Willie

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Art Evans

Principal

Age : 82 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Frank J. Urioste
Production	Casting	Caro Jones
	Executive Producer	Thomas W. Moore
	Producer	Jean Moore Edwards
Sound	Original Music Composer	Peter Matz
Art	Art Direction	Carl Anderson
Camera	Director of Photography	Ralph Woolsey
Writing	Novel	Maya Angelou
	Writer	Maya Angelou Leonora Thuna
Directing	Director	Fielder Cook
Department	Role	Name

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