Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 4, 1928
Died
May 28, 2014
Age
86
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Popularity
1.2
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.
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Known For
6.1
Great Performances
1971 · TV
6.5
American Experience
1988 · TV
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV
7.0
American Masters
1986 · TV
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV
6.9
Moesha
1996 · TV
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV
8.7
HARDtalk
1997 · TV
7.4
Roots
1977 · TV
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV
6.9
The Nineties
2017 · TV
6.7
Poetic Justice
1993 · Movie
Filmography
2025
Orwell: 2+2=5
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.2
2024
Daedalus
Movie · Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
10.0
2024
Maya Angelou at the BBC
Movie · Self (archive footage)
2.0
2022
Why Is We Americans?
Movie · Self
0.0
2021
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Movie · Self
0.0
2020
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
Movie · Self
0.0
2018
Becky and the Birds
Movie · Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
2018
Words Are Things
Movie · Narrator (voice)
0.0
2018
Mr. SOUL!
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.0
2017
The Nineties
TV · Self (archive footage)
6.9
2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
2015
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
Movie · Self
0.0
2014
The Power of the Heart
Movie · Self
6.0
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Movie · Self
7.1
2011
On the Shoulders of Giants
Movie
6.3
2010
One Night in Vegas
Movie · Self
6.3
2009
Papa Césaire
Movie · Self
10.0
2009
Good Hair
Movie · Self
6.5
2009
The Black Candle
Movie · Self - Narrator
5.8
2008
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Movie · Self
7.0
2006
Madea's Family Reunion
Movie · May
6.3
2005
Iconoclasts
TV · Self
7.5
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Movie · Self (archive footage)
0.0
2004
America Beyond the Color Line
TV · Self
7.5