Person

Maya Angelou

Acting · 1928–2014 · 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.

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  Great Performances

  Self

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  American Experience

  Self - Author

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  Touched by an Angel

  Clarice Mitchell

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  American Masters

  Self

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  Intimate Portrait

  Self (archive footage)

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  Moesha

  Maya Angelou

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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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  HARDtalk

  1997

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  The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  Self

• 2025Orwell: 2+2=5Self (archive footage)
• 2024Wild & FreeThanks
• 2024DaedalusSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
• 2024Maya Angelou at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
• 2022Why Is We Americans?Self
• 2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsSelf
• 2020Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando TardeSelf
• 2018Becky and the BirdsSelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Words Are ThingsNarrator (voice)
• 2018Mr. SOUL!Self (archive footage)
• 2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)
• 2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf (archive footage)
• 2015I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of SongSelf
• 2014The Power of the HeartSelf
• 2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf
• 2011On the Shoulders of Giants
• 2010One Night in VegasSelf
• 2009Papa CésaireSelf
• 2009Good HairSelf
• 2009The Black CandleSelf - Narrator
• 2008Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedSelf
• 2006Madea's Family ReunionMay
• 2005IconoclastsSelf
• 2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage)
• 2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf
• 2003Sisters in CinemaSelf
• 2000The RunawayConjure Woman
• 1999The Unfinished JourneySelf
• 1999The Early ShowSelf
• 1998Down in the DeltaDirector
• 1998Quincy Jones... The First 50 YearsSelf
• 1998The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living EdensNarrator
• 1997The Gregory Hines ShowSelf
• 1997HARDtalk
• 1997Perfect MomentSelf
• 1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasNarrator (voice)
• 1996Get on the BusSelf (archive footage, uncredited)
• 1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf
• 1996America's DreamStory
• 1996MoeshaMaya Angelou
• 1996Angelou on Burns
• 1995How to Make an American QuiltAnna
• 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildFairy Godmother (voice)
• 1994Touched by an AngelClarice Mitchell
• 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
• 1994Malcolm X: Make It PlainSelf
• 1993There Are No Children HereLelia Mae
• 1993Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage)
• 1993Sesame Street Jam: A Musical CelebrationSelf - Special Guest
• 1993Poetic JusticeAunt June
• 1992The Real Malcolm X
• 1992Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American ArtistsAnchor
• 1989James Baldwin: The Price of the TicketSelf
• 1988American ExperienceSelf - Author
• 1987Aimé Césaire: The Mask of WordsSelf
• 1986American MastersSelf
• 1982Sister, SisterWriter
• 1982Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
• 1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsNovel
• 1977The Richard Pryor Show
• 1977The Richard Pryor Special?Willie's Wife
• 1977RootsNyo Boto
• 1976The TapestryDirector
• 1975All Day LongDirector
• 1972Georgia, GeorgiaMusic
• 1971Great PerformancesSelf
• 1969Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!Self - Host
• 1960Integration Report 1Music
• 1959Porgy and BessDancer
• 1957Calypso Heat Wave
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameConjure woman
• —Assignment America