Maya Angelou
Acting
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.
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Movies (47)
Orwell: 2+2=52025Self (archive footage)
Daedalus2024Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Maya Angelou at the BBC2024Self (archive footage)
Why Is We Americans?2022Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings2021Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde2020Self- Becky and the Birds2018Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Words Are Things2018Narrator (voice)
Mr. SOUL!2018Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise2016Self (archive footage)
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song2015Self
The Power of the Heart2014Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies2012Self
On the Shoulders of Giants2011
One Night in Vegas2010Self
Papa Césaire2009Self
Good Hair2009Self
The Black Candle2009Self - Narrator
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed2008Self
Madea's Family Reunion2006May
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?2004Self (archive footage)- Sisters in Cinema2003Self
The Runaway2000Conjure Woman
The Unfinished Journey1999Self
Down in the Delta1998Directing
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years1998Self
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens1998Narrator
Perfect Moment1997Self
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas1996Narrator (voice)
Get on the Bus1996Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Shows (19)
The Nineties2017Self (archive footage)
Iconoclasts2005Self
America Beyond the Color Line2004Self
The Early Show1999Self- The Gregory Hines Show1997Self
HARDtalk1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996Self
Moesha1996Maya Angelou
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995Fairy Godmother (voice)
Touched by an Angel1994Clarice Mitchell
Intimate Portrait1993Self (archive footage)
American Experience1988Self - Author
American Masters1986Self
The Richard Pryor Show1977
Roots1977Nyo Boto
Great Performances1971Self- Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!1969Self - Host
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Conjure woman- Assignment America