Maya Angelou
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 63
Great Performances
1971
Touched by an Angel
1994
American Experience
1988
Moesha
1996
Intimate Portrait
1993
American Masters
1986
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
HARDtalk
1997
Roots
1977
The Early Show
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
The Nineties
2017
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
Iconoclasts
2005
Poetic Justice
1993
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Good Hair
2009
Get on the Bus
1996
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2015
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
Porgy and Bess
1959
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
1987
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
The Black Candle
2009
The Runaway
2000
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
1969
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
Perfect Moment
1997
Assignment America
One Night in Vegas
2010
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
Papa Césaire
2009
Angelou on Burns
1996
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
1982
Daedalus
2024
The Power of the Heart
2014
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
1998
Becky and the Birds
2018
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
Why Is We Americans?
2022
There Are No Children Here
1993
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
1992
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
Sisters in Cinema
2003
Words Are Things
2018
On the crew 12
Sister, Sister
1982
Wild & Free
2024
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
The Black Candle
2009
Down in the Delta
1998
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!
1969
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
America's Dream
1996
Integration Report 1
1960
Georgia, Georgia
1972
All Day Long
1975
The Tapestry
1976