Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Acting

Born April 4, 1928 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

3 films as director · Active 1975–1998

Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is cred…

Known for

Moesha

Moesha

1996

American Experience

American Experience

1988

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

1994

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

1993

American Masters

American Masters

1986

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

HARDtalk

HARDtalk

1997

Directed(3)

Down in the Delta

1998Down in the Delta★ 6.3

The Tapestry

1976The Tapestry★ 6.0

All Day Long

1975All Day Long

Acting(63)

2025Orwell: 2+2=5Self (archive footage)

2024DaedalusSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

2024Maya Angelou at the BBCSelf (archive footage)

2022Why Is We Americans?Self

2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsSelf

2020Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando TardeSelf

2018Becky and the BirdsSelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018Words Are ThingsNarrator (voice)

2018Mr. SOUL!Self (archive footage)

2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)

2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf (archive footage)

2015I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of SongSelf

2014The Power of the HeartSelf

2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf

2011On the Shoulders of Giants

2010One Night in VegasSelf

2009Papa CésaireSelf

2009Good HairSelf

2009The Black CandleSelf - Narrator

2008Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedSelf

2006Madea's Family ReunionMay

2005IconoclastsSelf

2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage)

2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf

2003Sisters in CinemaSelf

2000The RunawayConjure Woman

1999The Unfinished JourneySelf

1999The Early ShowSelf

1998Quincy Jones... The First 50 YearsSelf

1998The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living EdensNarrator

1997The Gregory Hines ShowSelf

1997Perfect MomentSelf

1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasNarrator (voice)

1996Get on the BusSelf (archive footage, uncredited)

1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf

1996MoeshaMaya Angelou

1996Angelou on Burns

1995How to Make an American QuiltAnna

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildFairy Godmother (voice)

1994Touched by an AngelClarice Mitchell

1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)

1994Malcolm X: Make It PlainSelf

1993There Are No Children HereLelia Mae

1993Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage)

1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical CelebrationSelf - Special Guest

1993Poetic JusticeAunt June

1992The Real Malcolm X

1992Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American ArtistsAnchor

1989James Baldwin: The Price of the TicketSelf

1988American ExperienceSelf - Author

1987Aimé Césaire: The Mask of WordsSelf

1986American MastersSelf

1982Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou

1977The Richard Pryor Show

1977The Richard Pryor Special?Willie's Wife

1977RootsNyo Boto

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1969Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!Self - Host

1959Porgy and BessDancer

1957Calypso Heat Wave

1951Hallmark Hall of FameConjure woman

Assignment America

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