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Maya Angelou

Actress | Writer | Soundtrack

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Was nominated for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Look Away." See more trivia »

Born:

Marguerite Annie Johnson
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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2006 Madea's Family Reunion
May
 
2001 Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
 
2000 The Runaway (TV movie)
Conjure Woman
 
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
Fairy Godmother
– Rip Van Winkle (2000) … Fairy Godmother (voice)
 
1997 Talking with David Frost (TV series)
– Colin Powell and Maya Angelou (1997)
 
1996 Elmo Saves Christmas (video)
Narrator
 
1995 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Clarice Mitchell
– Reunion (1995) … Clarice Mitchell
 
1995 How to Make an American Quilt
Anna
 
1995 The Journey of August King
Narrator (voice)
 
1993 There Are No Children Here (TV movie)
Lelia Mae
 
1993 Poetic Justice
Aunt June
 
1977 The Richard Pryor Special? (TV movie)
Willie's Wife
 
1977 Roots (TV mini-series)
Nyo Boto / Yaisa
– Episode #1.1 (1977) … Yaisa
– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Nyo Boto
 
1959 Porgy and Bess
Dancer (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
2008 The Black Candle (documentary) (poetry written by)
 
1996 How Do You Spell God? (TV movie)
 
1996 America's Dream (TV movie) (story "The Reunion")
 
1982 Sister, Sister (TV movie)
 
1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV movie) (book)
 
1977 The Richard Pryor Special? (TV movie) (soliloquy)
 
1972 Georgia, Georgia
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV series documentary)
– Best Band in the Land (2010) (lyrics: "We Dreamed These Days")
 
2001 The Mystic Masseur (performer: "Scandal in the Family")
 
1968 For Love of Ivy (lyrics: "You Put It on Me")
 
1957 Calypso Heat Wave (writer: "All That Happens in the Market Place")
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1998 Down in the Delta
 
1976 Visions (TV series)
– The Tapestry/Circles (1976)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1993 Poetic Justice (poetry)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1982 Sister, Sister (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1972 Georgia, Georgia (composer: score)
 
Show ShowSelf (73 titles)
2013 IHYD: I Hope You Dance - The Story of a Song That Moves the World (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2012 The Journey Part 1 (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2012 The BET Honors (TV movie)
Herself
 
2012 Under African Skies (documentary)
Herself
 
2004-2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Herself
– Oprah's Farewell Spectacular, Part 2 (2011) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2011 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 May 2011 (2011) … Herself - Guest
 
2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
Herself
– One Night in Vegas (2010) … Herself
 
2010 On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (documentary)
Herself (as Dr. Maya Angelou)
 
2009 Leading Women (TV series documentary)
 
2004-2009 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 January 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 November 2005 (2005) … Herself
– Episode dated 21 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
– Episode dated 20 May 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2009 Good Hair (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Books Equal Gifts Commercial (short)
 
2008 The Black Candle (documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 As Seen Through These Eyes (documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 African American Lives 2 (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– The Past Is Another Country (2008) … Herself
– We Come from People (2008) … Herself
– A Way Out of No Way (2008) … Herself
– The Road Home (2008) … Herself
 
2008 We Have a Dream (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 The Joy of Lex (TV movie)
Herself
 
2007 Entertainment Weekly & TV Land Present: The 50 Greatest TV Icons (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Iconoclasts (TV series documentary)
– Dave Chappelle & Maya Angelou (2006)
 
2006 The 2nd Annual Quill Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2006 Legends Ball (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Celebrate! Christmas with Maya Angelou (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The Heaven and Earth Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 October 2005 (2005) … Herself (as Dr Maya Angelou)
 
2005 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 October 2005 (2005) … Herself (as Dr Maya Angelou)
 
2005 Larry King Live (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 September 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The Ballad of Greenwich Village (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 CMT: 20 Greatest Songs of Faith (TV special)
Herself - Host
 
2003 Sisters in Cinema (documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Heart Health for the Generations (TV documentary)
Herself - Spokesperson
 
2002 Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 The Sunday Programme (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 September 2002 (2002) … Herself
– Episode dated 8 September 2002 (2002) … Herself
– Episode dated 9 June 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk (documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1989-2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001)
– James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) … Herself
 
1993-2000 Sesame Street (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #31.1 (2000) … Herself
– Rosita Takes Pictures with Her Camera (1999) … Herself
– Episode #29.108 (1998) … Herself
– Episode #25.4 (1993) … Herself
 
1999 The Unfinished Journey (documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 Moesha (TV series)
Herself
– Fired Up (1999) … Herself
 
1999 The Jonathan Dimbleby Interviews (TV movie)
Herself
 
1999 30th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1999 Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future (documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Films of John Singleton (1999) … Herself
 
1998 The Living Edens (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Madagascar: A World Apart (1998) … Narrator
 
1998 Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
– Porgy and Bess: An American Voice (1998) … Herself
 
1997 The Gregory Hines Show (TV series)
Herself
– Eight and a Half Months (1997) … Herself
 
1997 3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (TV special)
Herself (as Dr. Maya Angelou)
 
1996 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 25 December 1996 (1996) … Herself - Guest
 
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 November 1996 (1996) … Herself
 
1996 American Dreamers (TV movie)
Herself
 
1995 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Herself
– Maya Angelou (1995) … Herself
 
1994 Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (TV documentary)
Herself (voice)
 
1994 The Essence Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 A Century of Women (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Face to Face (TV series)
Herself
– Maya Angelou (1994) … Herself
 
1990-1994 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 May 1994 (1994) … Herself
– Episode dated 21 January 1991 (1991) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 June 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1994 Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1994 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Herself - Author
– Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) … Herself - Author
 
1993 The Great Depression (TV series documentary)
Herself
– To Be Somebody (1993) … Herself
 
1992 Alistair Cooke Salute (TV movie)
Herself
 
1992 The Real Malcolm X (TV documentary)
Herself - Friend
 
1990 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 June 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 22nd NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1987 The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1983 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Herself
– Arthur's Eyes (1983) … Herself (voice)
 
1982 Creativity with Bill Moyers (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1981 Hungry i reunion (documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 31 August 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1971-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 January 1972 (1972) … Herself
– Episode dated 6 December 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1957 Calypso Heat Wave
Herself
 
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The Journey of August King -- August King is a young man whose life is changed forever when he risks everything to help a beautiful woman on a courageous--and very dangerous--search for a new life. Saturday Night Live: Season 37: Episode 15 -- Poet Maya Angelou channels her inner Betty White and pulls pranks on her esteemed colleagues on her new show, I Know Why The Caged Bird Laughs. Good Hair -- Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Was an associate editor of an English language newspaper in Cairo, Egypt. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 4 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 8 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Dr Maya Angelou | Dr. Maya Angelou

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

On childhood: Few, if any survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. See more »

Trivia:

Was nominated for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Look Away." See more »

Star Sign:

Aries