Maya Angelou

Apr 04, 1928 - May 28, 2014 (86 years old) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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

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Great Performances

Self

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Touched by an Angel

Clarice Mitchell

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American Experience

Self - Author

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Intimate Portrait

Self (archive footage)

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Moesha

Maya Angelou

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American Masters

Self

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Fairy Godmother (voice)

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Roots

Nyo Boto

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Calypso Heat Wave

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The Nineties

Self (archive footage)

Credits

Assignment America Future

★ NR
Orwell: 2+2=5 2025

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Daedalus 2024

Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

★ 10
Maya Angelou at the BBC 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 2
Why Is We Americans? 2022

Self

★ NR
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings 2021

Self

★ NR
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde 2020

Self

★ NR
Becky and the Birds 2018

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ NR
Words Are Things 2018

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Mr. SOUL! 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
The Nineties 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.9
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise 2016

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song 2015

Self

★ NR
The Power of the Heart 2014

Self

★ 6
Paul Simon: Under African Skies 2012

Self

★ 7.1
On the Shoulders of Giants 2011

★ 6.3
One Night in Vegas 2010

Self

★ 6.3
Papa Césaire 2009

Self

★ 10
Good Hair 2009

Self

★ 6.6
The Black Candle 2009

Self - Narrator

★ 5.8
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed 2008

Self

★ 7
Madea's Family Reunion 2006

May

★ 6.4
Iconoclasts 2005

Self

★ 6
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? 2004

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
America Beyond the Color Line 2004

Self

★ 6
Sisters in Cinema 2003

Self

★ NR
The Runaway 2000

Conjure Woman

★ 7
The Unfinished Journey 1999

Self

★ 6
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years 1998

Self

★ NR
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens 1998

Narrator

★ NR
The Gregory Hines Show 1997

Self

★ NR
Perfect Moment 1997

Self

★ NR
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas 1996

Narrator (voice)

★ 5.9
Moesha 1996

Maya Angelou

★ 7
Angelou on Burns 1996

★ NR
How to Make an American Quilt 1995

Anna

★ 6.4
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995

Fairy Godmother (voice)

★ 6
Touched by an Angel 1994

Clarice Mitchell

★ 7.2
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 1994

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Malcolm X: Make It Plain 1994

Self

★ 10
There Are No Children Here 1993

Lelia Mae

★ 5.5
Intimate Portrait 1993

Self (archive footage)

★ 4.5
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration 1993

Self - Special Guest

★ 6
Poetic Justice 1993

Aunt June

★ 6.8
The Real Malcolm X 1992

★ NR
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists 1992

Anchor

★ NR
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket 1989

Self

★ 1.3
American Experience 1988

Self - Author

★ 6.6
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words 1987

Self

★ NR
American Masters 1986

Self

★ 7.5
The Richard Pryor Show 1977

★ 6.3
The Richard Pryor Special? 1977

Willie's Wife

★ 7
Roots 1977

Nyo Boto

★ 7.4
Great Performances 1971

Self

★ 5.8
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! 1969

Self - Host

★ NR
Porgy and Bess 1959

Dancer

★ 6.1
Calypso Heat Wave 1957

★ NR
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Conjure woman

★ 8.6