Movies
TV Shows
Actors
Maya Angelou
Apr 04, 1928 (98 years old) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For
Great Performances
American Experience
Touched by an Angel
Moesha
Intimate Portrait
Credits
2025 ·
Orwell: 2+2=5
as Self (archive footage)
2024 ·
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024 ·
Maya Angelou at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2022 ·
Why Is We Americans?
as Self
2021 ·
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2020 ·
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
as Self
2018 ·
Becky and the Birds
as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018 ·
Words Are Things
as Narrator (voice)
2018 ·
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2017 ·
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
2016 ·
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self (archive footage)
2015 ·
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
as Self
2014 ·
The Power of the Heart
as Self
2012 ·
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2011 ·
On the Shoulders of Giants
as
2010 ·
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2009 ·
Papa Césaire
as Self
2009 ·
Good Hair
as Self
2009 ·
The Black Candle
as Self - Narrator
2008 ·
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
as Self
2006 ·
Madea's Family Reunion
as May
2005 ·
Iconoclasts
as Self
2004 ·
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Self (archive footage)
2004 ·
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
2003 ·
Sisters in Cinema
as Self
2000 ·
The Runaway
as Conjure Woman
1999 ·
The Unfinished Journey
as Self
1999 ·
The Early Show
as Self
1998 ·
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
as Self
1998 ·
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
as Narrator
1997 ·
The Gregory Hines Show
as Self
1997 ·
HARDtalk
as
1997 ·
Perfect Moment
as Self
1996 ·
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
1996 ·
Get on the Bus
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1996 ·
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996 ·
Moesha
as Maya Angelou
1996 ·
Angelou on Burns
as
1995 ·
How to Make an American Quilt
as Anna
1995 ·
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
1994 ·
Touched by an Angel
as Clarice Mitchell
1994 ·
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994 ·
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as Self
1993 ·
There Are No Children Here
as Lelia Mae
1993 ·
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
1993 ·
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self - Special Guest
1993 ·
Poetic Justice
as Aunt June
1992 ·
The Real Malcolm X
as
1992 ·
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
as Anchor
1989 ·
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
1988 ·
American Experience
as Self - Author
1987 ·
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
as Self
1986 ·
American Masters
as Self
1982 ·
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
as
1977 ·
The Richard Pryor Show
as
1977 ·
The Richard Pryor Special?
as Willie's Wife
1977 ·
Roots
as Nyo Boto
1971 ·
Great Performances
as Self
1969 ·
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
as Self - Host
1959 ·
Porgy and Bess
as Dancer
1957 ·
Calypso Heat Wave
as
1951 ·
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Conjure woman
2026 ·
Assignment America
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