Name
Mavis Staples
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-07-10 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers and also as a solo artist, and had noted collaborations with Prince. Staples was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.
Known For
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During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Fest...
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Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour...
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Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have pr...
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A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been rape...
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A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to pro...
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Focused on the life of the band and their collaborators over the 3 vital years in which th...
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It's got that Purple Rain feeling through and though. And it's got The Kid, too! For the f...
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Sending a burning arrow into the stunting effects that the compartmentalization of culture...
- 2011 Rejoice and Shout
- 1994 The Soul of Stax as Self
- 2007 Soul Divas as Self
- 1974 The Klansman as The Staple Singers
- 1970 The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children as The Staple Singers
- 2012 Mavis Staples & Nick Lowe - AVO Sessions 2012 as Voice
- 2015 Mavis! as Self
- 2005 No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self
- 2004 Lightning in a Bottle as Self
- 2018 Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack as Self
- 1995 Remembering Chicago Again as Self
- 2005 Blues Divas as Self
- 1978 The Last Waltz as Self
- 1994 Prince: The Sacrifice Of Victor
- 1992 Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
- 2016 The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris as Self
- 2016 The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music as Self
- 1989 Alannah Myles: Live at the Diamond Club Toronto
- 2020 Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince as Self
- 2020 Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The Jewels as Self
- 1990 Graffiti Bridge as Melody Cool
- 2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
- 2019 Gorillaz: Reject False Icons as Self
- Soon Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson as Self
- 2014 Station to Station
- 1985 Motown Returns to the Apollo
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Soloist
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - The Staple Singers
- 1972 The Midnight Special ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Women Who Rock ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2003 Soundstage ( 1 episode ) as Guest singer
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
