Maya Angelou
Actor
- Born
- April 4, 1928 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died
- May 28, 2014 (age 86)
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 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
Poetic Justice
July 23, 1993
Madea's Family Reunion
February 24, 2006
How to Make an American Quilt
October 6, 1995
Good Hair
October 9, 2009
Get on the Bus
October 16, 1996
Orwell: 2+2=5
October 3, 2025
Porgy and Bess
June 24, 1959
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
October 14, 2016
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
May 11, 2012
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
December 24, 1996
One Night in Vegas
September 7, 2010
The Runaway
December 10, 2000
Acting44
- 2025Orwell: 2+2=5 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Daedalus as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- 2024Maya Angelou at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Why Is We Americans? as Self
- 2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self
- 2020Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde as Self
- 2018Becky and the Birds as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2018Words Are Things as Narrator (voice)
- 2018Mr. SOUL! as Self (archive footage)
- 2016