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Virginia Capers

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress | * 09/22/1925 († 78, 05/06/2004) | Sumter, South Carolina (United States of America (USA))
Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September 22, 1925 – May 6, 2004) was an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version of Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best fri ...

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

PG-13

1986 | 3.8/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy
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A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him fro ...

Howard the Duck

PG

1986 | 2.7/5 | 1h 50min
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson. ...

Big Jake

PG-13

1971 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Western
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On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh w ...

The Toy

PG

1982 | 3.0/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley � ...

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV-PG

1990 | 4.0/5 | 23min per episode
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Virginia Capers

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Movies with Virginia Capers as Actress(33)

2001 Taking Back Our Town
as Ida Mae Boudreau2001 For Love of Olivia
1997 Sunsplit
as Dr. Helen Harris1996 Raven Hawk
as Elizabeth Moore1995 Truman
as Mama1995 The Feminine Touch
as Choir Mistress1993 What's Love Got to Do with It
as Miss Linda Anderson1993 Beethoven's 2nd
as Lily Reid1992 Original Intent
as Nurse Blandings1990 When You Remember Me
as Mamie1990 Burning Bridges
as Shirley1990 Pacific Palisades
as Mrs. Mantley1990 Donor
as Margaret Wright1988 The George McKenna Story
as Maxine1988 Backfire
as Velma1987 Off the Mark
as Cora Mae, Secretary1986 Howard the Duck
as Florence Sparrow1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Emma Ray1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Singing prisoner1985 Da Capo
as Landlady1984 Teachers
as Ruby Simpson1982 The Toy
as Agnes1981 Inmates: A Love Story
as Gorilla Sydney1980 White Mama
as Cleo1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
as Ruby1973 Five on the Black Hand Side
as Mabel Cobb1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Mama Holiday1972 Lady Sings the Blues
as Effie1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Delilah1971 Big Jake
as Martha1971 The Late Liz
as Cook1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
as Sarah1962 House of Women

TV Shows/Series with Virginia Capers as Actress(27)

as Crazy Mary2000 The District
1998 The Hughleys
as Virginia Reynolds1997 The Practice
as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant1996 The Pretender
as Mrs. Wilson1994 ER
as Judge (voice)1992 Batman: The Animated Series
as Hattie Banks1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Bertha Griffin-Lamour1987 Frank's Place
as Delia Bonner1986 Downtown
as Greta1985 The Golden Girls
1985 227
as Ruth1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Margo Webster1984 Murder, She Wrote
1984 Highway to Heaven
1982 St. Elsewhere
1981 Dynasty
1979 Knots Landing
1976 Quincy, M.E.
1972 The Rookies
1972 The Waltons
as Aunt Cass1969 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1967 Judd for the Defense
1967 Mannix
as Elsie1964 Daniel Boone
1960 My Three Sons
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
1953 GE Theater

Full Name: Virginia Eliza Capers
Born: Tuesday, 09/22 1925 (September) in Sumter, South Carolina (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 05/06 2004 (May) in Los Angeles (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Howard University
Virginia Capers frequently works together with these people:
Lloyd Bochner (15x, Actor)
Jack Bannon (14x, Actor)
Alan Fudge (13x, Actor)
Vera Miles (12x, Actress)
Robert Costanzo (11x, Actor)
Joseph Campanella (11x, Actor)
Herb Edelman (11x, Actor)
Virginia Gregg (11x, Actress)
Ford Rainey (11x, Actor)
Joseph V. Perry (11x, Actor)
Ted White (11x, Actor)
Richard Pryor (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:236841, Added: 08/06/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024