Maya Angelou
Age: 86 | From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1928-04-04 06:06:52
Death: 2014-05-28 06:06:52
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Touched by an Angel
(1994) Clarice Mitchell
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(1995) Fairy Godmother (voice)
Intimate Portrait
(1993) Self (archive footage)
Roots
(1977) Nyo Boto
American Masters
(1986) Self
The Nineties
(2017) Self (archive footage)
Poetic Justice
(1993) Aunt June
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1951) Conjure womanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Self (archive material) | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2020 | herself | |
| 2018 | Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self (archival footage) | ||
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Herself (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
| 2010 | Self | |
| 2009 | Herself | |
| Herself (Narration) | ||
| 2008 | Herself | |
| 2006 | May | |
| 2005 | Self | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 1999 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Self | |
| Narrator | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| Herself | ||
| 1996 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1995 | Anna | |
| Fairy Godmother (voice) | ||
| 1994 | Clarice Mitchell | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1993 | Lelia Mae | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Aunt June | ||
| 1992 | Anchor | |
| 1989 | Self | |
| 1987 | Self | |
| 1986 | Self | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Willie's Wife | ||
| Nyo Boto | ||
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1959 | Dancer | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Conjure woman | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Poem | |
| 1977 | Additional Writing | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Story | |
| 1982 | Writer | |
| 1979 | Novel | |
| Writer | ||
| 1972 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Music | |
| 1960 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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