Maya Angelou
Acting
1928-04-04 · 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 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
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025 · Movie
Wild & Free
2024 · Movie
Daedalus
2024 · Movie
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024 · Movie
Why Is We Americans?
2022 · Movie
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021 · Movie
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020 · Movie
Becky and the Birds
2018 · Movie
Words Are Things
2018 · Movie
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Movie
The Nineties
2017 · Series
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 · Movie
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2015 · Movie
The Power of the Heart
2014 · Movie
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · Movie
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011 · Movie
One Night in Vegas
2010 · Movie
Papa Césaire
2009 · Movie
Good Hair
2009 · Movie
The Black Candle
2009 · Movie
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008 · Movie
Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · Movie
Iconoclasts
2005 · Series
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004 · Movie
America Beyond the Color Line
2004 · Series
Sisters in Cinema
2003 · Movie
The Runaway
2000 · Movie
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Movie
The Early Show
1999 · Series
Down in the Delta
1998 · Movie
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998 · Movie
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
1998 · Movie
The Gregory Hines Show
1997 · Series
HARDtalk
1997 · Series
Perfect Moment
1997 · Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996 · Movie
Get on the Bus
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
America's Dream
1996 · Movie
Moesha
1996 · Series
Angelou on Burns
1996 · Movie
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 · Movie
There Are No Children Here
1993 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993 · Movie
Poetic Justice
1993 · Movie
The Real Malcolm X
1992 · Movie
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
1992 · Movie
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
1987 · Movie
American Masters
1986 · Series
Sister, Sister
1982 · Movie
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
1982 · Movie
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · Movie
The Richard Pryor Show
1977 · Series
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977 · Movie
Roots
1977 · Series
The Tapestry
1976 · Movie
All Day Long
1975 · Movie
Georgia, Georgia
1972 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
1969 · Series
Integration Report 1
1960 · Movie
Porgy and Bess
1959 · Movie
Calypso Heat Wave
1957 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Assignment America
Series