Name
Virginia Capers
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-09-22
Deathday
2004-05-06 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Biography
Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September 22, 1925 – May 6, 2004) was an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version of Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.
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- 1972 Lady Sings the Blues as Mama Holiday
- 1990 Burning Bridges as Mamie
- 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It as Choir Mistress
- 1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Emma Ray
- 1995 Truman as Elizabeth Moore
- 1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler as Mabel Cobb
- 1980 White Mama as Gorilla Sydney
- 2001 For Love of Olivia as Ida Mae Boudreau
- 1984 Teachers as Landlady
- 1973 Five on the Black Hand Side as Ruby
- 1990 When You Remember Me as Nurse Blandings
- 1988 Backfire as Maxine
- 1981 Inmates: A Love Story as Agnes
- 1987 Off the Mark as Velma
- 1971 Big Jake as Delilah
- 1973 The World's Greatest Athlete as Native Woman
- 1995 The Feminine Touch as Mama
- 2001 Taking Back Our Town
- 1997 Sunsplit
- 1996 Raven Hawk as Dr. Helen Harris
- 1962 House of Women as Sarah
- 1990 Pacific Palisades as Shirley
- 1971 The Late Liz as Martha
- 1992 Original Intent as Lily Reid
- 1986 Howard the Duck as Coramae
- 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Florence Sparrow
- 1982 The Toy as Ruby Simpson
- 1990 Donor as Mrs. Mantley
- 1993 Beethoven's 2nd as Chemistry Teacher
- 1985 Da Capo as Singing prisoner
- 1988 The George McKenna Story as Margaret Wright
- 1979 The North Avenue Irregulars as Cleo
- 1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter as Effie
- 1970 There Was a Crooked Man... as Cook
- 1969 The Lost Man as Theresa
- 1972 Trouble Man as Macy
- 1967 The Ride to Hangman's Tree as Teresa Moreno (Uncredited)
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Admit Clerk
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Margo Webster
- 1972 The Rookies ( 2 episodes )
- 2000 The District ( 1 episode ) as Crazy Mary
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Greta
- 1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( 6 episodes ) as Hattie Banks
- 1996 The Pretender ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
- 1985 227 ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes )
- 1987 Frank's Place ( 22 episodes ) as Bertha Griffin-Lamour
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 2 episodes )
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Cass
- 1981 Dynasty ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Ruth
- 1967 Mannix ( 2 episodes )
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Adele Carter
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Virginia Reynolds
- 1998 The Hughleys ( 3 episodes ) as M'Dear
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Elsie
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Batman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Judge (voice)
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1994 ER ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Wilson
- 1994 Madman of the People ( 1 episode ) as Clara
- 1986 Downtown ( 13 episodes ) as Delia Bonner
- 1999 Snoops ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Garrett
- 1999 Popular ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Pittman
- 1994 Party of Five ( 1 episode ) as Nana
- 1987 Married... with Children ( 1 episode ) as Mourner
- 1989 Booker ( 1 episode ) as Ivy Seaton
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as Emily Barlow
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode ) as Ada
- 1991 The Commish ( 1 episode ) as Wilma Sands
