Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou

Acting April 4, 1928

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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 o…

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Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

7.2 1994 TV Show
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
American Experience

American Experience

6.5 1988 TV Show
Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

4.5 1993 TV Show
Roots

Roots

7.4 1977 TV Show
Moesha

Moesha

6.9 1996 TV Show
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

6.7 1993 Movie
Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion

6.4 2006 Movie
How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

6.4 1995 Movie
American Masters

American Masters

7.0 1986 TV Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.3 1995 TV Show
Good Hair

Good Hair

6.5 2009 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Orwell: 2+2=5

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Wild & Free

    Movie Thanks

  3. 2024
    Daedalus

    Movie Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

  4. 2024
    Maya Angelou at the BBC

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2022
    Why Is We Americans?

    Movie Self

  6. 2021
    A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

    Movie Self

  7. 2020
    Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde

    Movie Self

  8. 2018
    Becky and the Birds

    Movie Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

  9. 2018
    Words Are Things

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  10. 2018
    Mr. SOUL!

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2017
    The Nineties

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  12. 2016
    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2015
    I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song

    Movie Self

  14. 2014
    The Power of the Heart

    Movie Self

  15. 2012
    Paul Simon: Under African Skies

    Movie Self

  16. 2011
    On the Shoulders of Giants

    Movie

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  1. 2010
    One Night in Vegas

    Movie Self

  2. 2009
    Papa Césaire

    Movie Self

  3. 2009
    Good Hair

    Movie Self

  4. 2009
    The Black Candle

    Movie Self - Narrator

  5. 2008
    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

    Movie Self

  6. 2006
    Madea's Family Reunion

    Movie May

  7. 2005
    Iconoclasts

    TV show Self

  8. 2004
    Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2004
    America Beyond the Color Line

    TV show Self

  10. 2003
    Sisters in Cinema

    Movie Self

  11. 2000
    The Runaway

    Movie Conjure Woman

  12. 1999
    The Unfinished Journey

    Movie Self

  13. 1999
    The Early Show

    TV show Self

  14. 1998
    Down in the Delta

    Movie Director

  15. 1998
    Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

    Movie Self

  16. 1998
    The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

    Movie Narrator

  17. 1997
    The Gregory Hines Show

    TV show Self

  18. 1997
    HARDtalk

    TV show

  19. 1997
    Perfect Moment

    Movie Self

  20. 1996
    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  21. 1996
    Get on the Bus

    Movie Self (archive footage, uncredited)

  22. 1996
    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    TV show Self

  23. 1996
    America's Dream

    Movie Story

  24. 1996
    Moesha

    TV show Maya Angelou