Maya Angelou
Actor · Director · Music · Novel
Born Apr 4, 1928 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Active 1951–2014 · Awards: National Women's Hall of Fame, Langston Hughes Medal, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Spingarn Medal, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction, Marian Anderson Award
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…
Filmography
Roots (1977) — Nyo BotoPoetic Justice (1993) — Aunt JuneTouched by an Angel (1994) — Clarice MitchellMadea's Family Reunion (2006) — MayHow to Make an American Quilt (1995) — AnnaMoesha (1996) — Maya AngelouHallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Conjure womanDaedalus (2024) — Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)Down in the Delta (1998) — DirectorPorgy and Bess (1959) — DancerCalypso Heat Wave (1957)Integration Report 1 (1960) — MusicThe Richard Pryor Show (1977)The Runaway (2000) — Conjure WomanThe Richard Pryor Special? (1977) — Willie's Wife · Additional WritingThe Real Malcolm X (1992)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) — Fairy Godmother (voice)Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) — Narrator (voice)Sister, Sister (1982) — Writer · ProducerAmerica's Dream (1996) — StoryThere Are No Children Here (1993) — Lelia MaeGeorgia, Georgia (1972) — Music · WriterOn the Shoulders of Giants (2011)The Black Candle (2009) — Poem