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Mavis Staples
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 a…
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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.
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2022
Women Who Rock
TV show Self
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2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
- 2020
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2020
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Movie Self
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2019
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
Movie Self
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2018
Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack
Movie Self
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2016
The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
Movie Self
- 2016
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Mavis!
Movie Self
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2014
Station to Station
Movie
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2012
Mavis Staples & Nick Lowe - AVO Sessions 2012
Movie Voice
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2011
Rejoice and Shout
Movie
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2007
Soul Divas
Movie Self
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2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Movie Self
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2005
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
TV show Self
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2005
Blues Divas
Movie Self
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2004
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie Self
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2003
Soundstage
TV show Guest singer
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1995
Remembering Chicago Again
Movie Self
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1994
New York Undercover
TV show
- 1994
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1994
The Soul of Stax
Movie Self
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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1992
Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
Movie
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1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV show
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1990
Graffiti Bridge
Movie Melody Cool
- 1989
- 1985
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1984
The Cosby Show
TV show Soloist
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1982
Late Night with David Letterman
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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1978
The Last Waltz
Movie Self
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1975
Let's Do It Again
Movie Theme Song Performance
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1974
The Klansman
Movie The Staple Singers
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1972
The Midnight Special
TV show Self
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1970
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Movie The Staple Singers
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self - The Staple Singers
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