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Virginia Capers (1925–2004)

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With plenty of heart and soul, actress Virginia Capers served up loads of music in a career that spanned several decades. Born in 1925, she attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., then studied voice at Juilliard in Manhatten. By happenstance, she was introduced to band leader Abe Lyman who hired her for his radio program and for on-the-road tours... See full bio »

Born:

Eliza Virginia Capers
in Sumter, South Carolina, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2003 Kingpin (TV mini-series)
– Black Magic Woman (2003)
 
2002 Move (short)
Lady in 2002
 
2002 For Your Love (TV series)
Cornelia
– The Enemy Next Door (2002) … Cornelia
 
2001 Taking Back Our Town (TV movie)
 
2001 ER (TV series)
Mrs. Wilson
– Supplies and Demands (2001) … Mrs. Wilson
– Start All Over Again (2001) … Mrs. Wilson
 
2001 Commitments (TV movie)
 
2001 For Love of Olivia (TV movie)
Ida Mae Boudreau
 
2000 The District (TV series)
Crazy Mary
– Worst Block (2000) … Crazy Mary
 
2000 Popular (TV series)
Nurse Pittman
– Timber! (2000) … Nurse Pittman
 
1999 Snoops (TV series)
Mrs. Garrett
– The Grinch (1999) … Mrs. Garrett
 
1998-1999 The Hughleys (TV series)
M'Dear
– Roots: Part 1 (1999) … M'Dear
– I Do, I Do, Again: Part 2 (1999) … M'Dear
– The Thanksgiving Episode (1998) … M'Dear
 
1999 Bad City Blues
Mrs. Green
 
1999 Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV series)
Grandma Rose
– Still Waters (1999) … Grandma Rose
– The Possession (1999) … Grandma Rose
 
1997 The Pretender (TV series)
Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
– Jarod's Honor (1997) … Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
 
1997 The Practice (TV series)
Virginia Reynolds
– Pilot (1997) … Virginia Reynolds
 
1997 Party of Five (TV series)
Nana
– I Declare (1997) … Nana
 
1996 Married with Children (TV series)
Mourner #2
– A Bundy Thanksgiving (1996) … Mourner #2
 
1996 Raven Hawk (TV movie)
Dr. Helen Harris
 
1990-1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)
Hattie Banks / Grandma / Grandma Hattie Banks / …
– I, Ooh, Baby, Baby (1995) … Grandma Hattie Banks
– There's the Rub: Part 1 (1995) … Hattie Banks
– There's the Rub: Part 2 (1995) … Hattie Banks
– Granny Gets Busy (1991) … Grandma
– Young and the Restless (1991) … Hattie
See all 6 episodes »
 
1995 Courthouse (TV series)
Eddie's Mother
– Fair-Weathered Friends (1995) … Eddie's Mother
 
1995 Truman (TV movie)
Elizabeth Moore
 
1995 A Last Goodbye
The Principal
 
1995 The Feminine Touch (video)
'Mama'
 
1994 Everybody Can Float (short)
Nevel's Mother
 
1994 The Commish (TV series)
Wilma Sands
– Benny (1994) … Wilma Sands
 
1993 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
1993 Beethoven's 2nd
Miss Linda Anderson
 
1993 Picket Fences (TV series)
Judge Campbell
– Duty Free Rome (1993) … Judge Campbell
 
1993 What's Love Got to Do with It
Choir Mistress
 
1993 Knots Landing (TV series)
Mrs. Carter
– Call Waiting (1993) … Mrs. Carter
– The Getaway (1993) … Mrs. Carter
 
1992 Batman (TV series)
Judge
– Cat Scratch Fever (1992) … Judge (voice)
 
1992 Original Intent (video)
Lily Reid
 
1990-1992 Evening Shade (TV series)
Francis / Francis Blue
– Goin' to the Chapel: Part 1 (1992) … Francis
– A Day in the Life of Wood Newton (1990) … Francis Blue
 
1991 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV series)
Kate Langston
– For Love or Money (1991) … Kate Langston
 
1991 Good Grief (TV series)
Judge Connie
– The Big Bang Theory (1991) … Judge Connie
 
1990 Donor (TV movie)
Mrs. Mantley
 
1990 Gabriel's Fire (TV series)
Annie
– The Wind Rancher (1990) … Annie
– I'm Nobody (1990) … Annie
 
1990 When You Remember Me (TV movie)
Nurse Blandings
 
1990 Burning Bridges (TV movie)
Mamie
 
1990 Pacific Palisades
Shirley
 
1989 Booker (TV series)
Ivy Seaton
– Booker (1989) … Ivy Seaton
 
1989 Unsub (TV series)
Glenona
– And the Dead Shall Rise to Condem Thee: Part 2 (1989) … Glenona
– And the Dead Shall Rise to Condem Thee: Part 1 (1989) … Glenona
 
1988 Backfire
Maxine
 
1987-1988 Frank's Place (TV series)
Bertha Griffin-Lamour
– The King of Wall Street (1988) … Bertha Griffin-Lamour
– The Recruiting Game (1988) … Bertha Griffin-Lamour
– Cultural Exchange (1988) … Bertha Griffin-Lamour
– Frank's Place - The Movie (1988) … Bertha Griffin-Lamour
– Shorty's Belle (1988) … Bertha Griffin-Lamour
See all 22 episodes »
 
1988 The Golden Girls (TV series)
Greta Wagner
– Mixed Blessings (1988) … Greta Wagner
 
1987 Off the Mark
Velma
 
1986-1987 Downtown (TV series)
Delia Bonner
– Episode #1.13 (1987) … Delia Bonner
– Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die (1986) … Delia Bonner
– Flowers (1986) … Delia Bonner
– Tracks of My Tears (1986) … Delia Bonner
– Goin' to California (1986) … Delia Bonner
See all 14 episodes »
 
1986 Starman (TV series)
Nurse Corona
– Fever (1986) … Nurse Corona
 
1986 The George McKenna Story (TV movie)
Margaret Wright
 
1986 Howard the Duck
Cora Mae, Secretary
 
1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Florence Sparrow
 
1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Emma Ray
 
1986 227 (TV series)
Aunt Gwendolyn
– Fifty Big Ones (1986) … Aunt Gwendolyn
 
1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Margo Webster
– Trial by Error (1986) … Margo Webster
 
1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Ruth
– Arthur, or the Gigolo (1985) … Ruth
 
1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Admit Clerk
– Homecoming (1984) … Admit Clerk
 
1984 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Miss Hendrickson
– One Fresh Batch of Lemonade: Part 2 (1984) … Miss Hendrickson
– One Fresh Batch of Lemonade: Part 1 (1984) … Miss Hendrickson
 
1984 Dynasty (TV series)
Aunt Bessie
– The Rescue (1984) … Aunt Bessie
 
1984 Teachers
Landlady
 
1983 Amanda's (TV series)
– Aunt Sonia (1983)
 
1983 Just a Little More Love (TV movie)
 
1982 The Toy
Ruby Simpson
 
1982 Star of the Family (TV series)
Alberta
– I Got It Good and That Ain't Good (1982) … Alberta
 
1982 Bayou Romance
Mama
 
1979-1981 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Allison Sirella's Neighbor / Dainty June / Emily Barlow
– Memories of Allison (1981) … Allison Sirella's Neighbor
– To Kill in Plain Sight (1981) … Dainty June
– House of No Return (1979) … Emily Barlow
 
1981 Inmates: A Love Story (TV movie)
Agnes
 
1980 Mork & Mindy (TV series)
Nurse Tula
– Mork in Never-Never Land (1980) … Nurse Tula
 
1980 Willow B: Women in Prison (TV movie)
Eloise Baker
 
1980 White Mama (TV movie)
Gorilla Sydney
 
1979 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Judge Atherton
– Which Mother Is Mine? (1979) … Judge Atherton
 
1979 Featherstone's Nest (TV movie)
Bella Beauchamp
 
1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
Cleo
 
1976 Jigsaw John (TV series)
– Runaway (1976)
 
1976 The Waltons (TV series)
Vesper Oakes
– The Collision (1976) … Vesper Oakes
 
1973 Five on the Black Hand Side
Ruby
 
1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
Native Woman
 
1970-1973 Mannix (TV series)
Mrs. Frost / Pearl
– Out of the Night (1973) … Pearl
– The World Between (1970) … Mrs. Frost
 
1972-1973 The Rookies (TV series)
Mrs. Culpepper / Mrs. Gibson
– Crossfire (1973) … Mrs. Culpepper
– The Commitment (1972) … Mrs. Gibson
 
1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV movie)
Mabel Cobb
 
1972 Trouble Man
Macy
 
1972 Lady Sings the Blues
Mama Holiday
 
1971 Longstreet (TV series)
Nurse
– So, Who's Fred Hornbeck? (1971) … Nurse
 
1971 The Late Liz
Martha
 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
Effie
 
1971 Big Jake
Delilah
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Mrs. Andrews
– Miss Isabel Blue (1970) … Mrs. Andrews
 
1970 Norwood
Ernestine
 
1970 The Great White Hope
Sister Pearl
 
1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Cook (uncredited)
 
1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV series)
Mrs. Florence Bell
– D.H.Q.: The Victims (1970) … Mrs. Florence Bell
 
1970 My Three Sons (TV series)
Third Nurse
– Dodie's Tonsils (1970) … Third Nurse
 
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Aunt Cass
– Let Ernest Come Over (1969) … Aunt Cass
 
1969 The Lost Man
Theresa
 
1969 Julia (TV series)
Mrs. Deering
– The Doctor's Dilemma (1969) … Mrs. Deering
– Gone with the Draft (1969) … Mrs. Deering
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Millie Enfield
– The Name of This Game Is Aquittal (1968) … Millie Enfield
 
1968 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Jenny Prentiss
– Prince of the Oyster Pirates (1968) … Jenny Prentiss
 
1967 Insight (TV series)
Sarah
– The Thousand-Mile Journey (1967) … Sarah
 
1967 Ride to Hangman's Tree
Teresa Moreno (uncredited)
 
1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Elsie
– Onatha (1966) … Elsie
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Esther
– A Pelican in the Wilderness (1963) … Esther
 
1962-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
June
– Search for a Dead Man (1963) … June
– Elegy (1962) … June
 
1962 House of Women
Sarah
 
1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Ada
– Odds for Big Red (1961) … Ada
 
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1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie) (performer: "Whole Lot of Sunshine")
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2005 Black Theater Today: 2005 (documentary)
 
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
Herself
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.114 (1976) … Herself
 
1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Performer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)
 
1983 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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I spent a lot of my life being told I should sing blues because I was black. See more »

Trivia:

She and her son Glenn once took in an Inuit runaway named Nilak Butler and eventually helped her secure a five-year contract with Warner Brothers as an actress. Nilak later became a prominent voice in the American Indian Movement. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo