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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 4, 1928
Died
May 28, 2014
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Maya Angelou
0.5 Popularity
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
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025
10.0
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Daedalus
2024
2.0
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024
0.0
Self
Why Is We Americans?
2022
0.0
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
0.0
Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
🎬
0.0
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becky and the Birds
2018
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Words Are Things
2018
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018
6.9
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
2017
Credits
Orwell: 2+2=5
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.5
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024
10.0
Maya Angelou at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
2.0
Why Is We Americans?
as Self
2022
0.0
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2021
0.0
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
as Self
2020
0.0
🎬
Becky and the Birds
as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
0.0
Words Are Things
as Narrator (voice)
2018
0.0
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.0
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.9
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self (archive footage)
2016
8.0
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
as Self
2015
0.0
The Power of the Heart
as Self
2014
6.0
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2012
7.2
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
6.3
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2010
6.3
Papa Césaire
as Self
2009
10.0
Good Hair
as Self
2009
6.6
The Black Candle
as Self - Narrator
2009
5.8
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
as Self
2008
7.0
Madea's Family Reunion
as May
2006
6.4
Iconoclasts
as Self
2005
6.0
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Self (archive footage)
2004
0.0
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
2004
6.0
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Sisters in Cinema
as Self
2003
0.0
The Runaway
as Conjure Woman
2000
7.0
The Unfinished Journey
as Self
1999
6.0
The Early Show
as Self
1999
6.2
🎬
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
as Self
1998
0.0
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
as Narrator
1998
0.0
🎬
The Gregory Hines Show
as Self
1997
0.0
Perfect Moment
as Self
1997
0.0
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
1996
5.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Moesha
as Maya Angelou
1996
7.0
Angelou on Burns
1996
0.0
How to Make an American Quilt
as Anna
1995
6.4
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
1995
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Clarice Mitchell
1994
7.2
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Self
1994
10.0
There Are No Children Here
as Lelia Mae
1993
5.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
1993
4.5
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self - Special Guest
1993
6.0
Poetic Justice
as Aunt June
1993
6.8
The Real Malcolm X
1992
0.0
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
as Anchor
1992
0.0
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
1989
1.3
American Experience
as Self - Author
1988
6.9
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
as Self
1987
0.0
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.5
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
6.1
The Richard Pryor Special?
as Willie's Wife
1977
7.0
Roots
as Nyo Boto
1977
7.4
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
🎬
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
as Self - Host
1969
0.0
Porgy and Bess
as Dancer
1959
6.1
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Conjure woman
1951
8.6
🎬
Assignment America
N/A
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