Maya Angelou
ActingMaya 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.
Movies
Self (archive footage)
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Daedalus
2024
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024
Self
Why Is We Americans?
2022
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
Narrator (voice)
Words Are Things
2018
Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Self
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2015
Self
The Power of the Heart
2014
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Self
One Night in Vegas
2010
Self
Papa Césaire
2009
Self
Good Hair
2009
Self - Narrator
The Black Candle
2009
Self
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008
May
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
TV Shows
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
2017
Self
Iconoclasts
2005
Self
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
Self
The Early Show
1999
HARDtalk
1997
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Maya Angelou
Moesha
1996
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Clarice Mitchell
Touched by an Angel
1994
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993
Self - Author
American Experience
1988
Self
American Masters
1986
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
Nyo Boto
Roots
1977
Self
Great Performances
1971
Conjure woman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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