Maya Angelou
Known for: Acting
Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) 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.
Filmography
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
American Experience
Self - Author
1988
Series
Touched by an Angel
Clarice Mitchell
1994
Series
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993
Series
Moesha
Maya Angelou
1996
Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Fairy Godmother (voice)
1995
Series
Roots
Nyo Boto
1977
Series
HARDtalk
1997
Series
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
Series
Iconoclasts
Self
2005
Film
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Self - Special Guest
1993
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Gregory Hines Show
Self
1997
Film
Poetic Justice
Aunt June
1993
Film
Madea's Family Reunion
May
2006
Series
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
Anna
1995
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Conjure woman
1951
Film
Orwell: 2+2=5
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Get on the Bus
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1996
Series
America Beyond the Color Line
Self
2004
Film
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
Good Hair
Self
2009
Film
The Unfinished Journey
Self
1999
Film
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Film
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
Self
2015
Film
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Self
2012
Film
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Narrator (voice)
1996
Film
Porgy and Bess
Dancer
1959
Film
One Night in Vegas
Self
2010
Film
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
Self
1987
Film
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Self
2008
Film
The Runaway
Conjure Woman
2000
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
Self - Host
1969
Assignment America
Film
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
Self
1998
Film
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
Film
Mr. SOUL!
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Film
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self
2021
Film
The Richard Pryor Special?
Willie's Wife
1977
Film
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024
Film
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Self
1989
Film
There Are No Children Here
Lelia Mae
1993
Becky and the Birds
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Film
Perfect Moment
Self
1997
Film
Why Is We Americans?
Self
2022
Film
Papa Césaire
Self
2009
Sisters in Cinema
Self
2003
Film
Angelou on Burns
1996
Film
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Self
1994
Film
The Power of the Heart
Self
2014
Film
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
1982
Film
The Black Candle
Self - Narrator
2009
Film
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
Narrator
1998
Film
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
Self
2020
Film
Maya Angelou at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
Anchor
1992
Film
Words Are Things
Narrator (voice)
2018