Maya Angelou
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1928-04-04
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Popularity: 0.6
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.
Known For Filmography
American Experience
1988
Great Performances
1971
Touched by an Angel
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993
American Masters
1986
Moesha
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Roots
1977
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Nineties
2017
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Iconoclasts
2005
HARDtalk
1997
The Early Show
1999
Poetic Justice
1993No Photo
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025
Good Hair
2009
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Get on the Bus
1996
Porgy and Bess
1959
One Night in Vegas
2010
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Daedalus
2024
Mr. SOUL!
2018
The Runaway
2000
There Are No Children Here
1993
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016No Photo
Assignment America
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Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008
Perfect Moment
1997
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
Why Is We Americans?
2022
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
The Black Candle
2009
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2015No Photo
Sisters in Cinema
2003
The Power of the Heart
2014
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
1998
Papa Césaire
2009No Photo
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
1969
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
1987No Photo
Becky and the Birds
2018
Angelou on Burns
1996
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
1982
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
1992