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Maya Angelou

Acting Born 4 Apr 1928 Died 28 May 2014 — at 86.147945205479 St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Maya Angelou 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.

Latest credit Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)

As actor

40 titles

Orwell: 2+2=5 poster

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Orwell: 2+2=5

2025 · 119 min

Daedalus poster

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Daedalus

2024 · 63 min

Maya Angelou at the BBC poster

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Maya Angelou at the BBC

2024 · 58 min

Why Is We Americans? poster

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Why Is We Americans?

2022 · 101 min

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings poster

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A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

2021 · 85 min

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde poster

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Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde

2020 · 27 min

Becky and the Birds MOVIE Watched In progress

Becky and the Birds

2018 · 12 min

Words Are Things poster

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Words Are Things

2018 · 2 min

Mr. SOUL! poster

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Mr. SOUL!

2018 · 90 min

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise poster

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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016 · 112 min

I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song poster

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I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song

2015 · 93 min

The Power of the Heart poster

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The Power of the Heart

2014 · 84 min

Paul Simon: Under African Skies poster

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Paul Simon: Under African Skies

2012 · 102 min

On the Shoulders of Giants poster

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On the Shoulders of Giants

2011 · 90 min

One Night in Vegas poster

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One Night in Vegas

2010 · 53 min

Papa Césaire poster

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Papa Césaire

2009 · 58 min

Good Hair poster

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Good Hair

2009 · 96 min

The Black Candle poster

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The Black Candle

2009 · 71 min

Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed poster

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Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

2008 · 75 min

Madea's Family Reunion poster

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Madea's Family Reunion

2006 · 109 min

Sisters in Cinema DOC Watched In progress

Sisters in Cinema

2003 · 57 min

The Runaway poster

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The Runaway

2000 · 100 min

The Unfinished Journey poster

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The Unfinished Journey

1999 · 21 min

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years poster

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Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

1998 · 117 min

The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens poster

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The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

1998 · 54 min

Perfect Moment poster

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Perfect Moment

1997 · 90 min

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas poster

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Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996 · 60 min

Angelou on Burns poster

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Angelou on Burns

1996 · 48 min

How to Make an American Quilt poster

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How to Make an American Quilt

1995 · 116 min

Malcolm X: Make It Plain poster

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Malcolm X: Make It Plain

1994 · 150 min

There Are No Children Here poster

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There Are No Children Here

1993 · 120 min

Poetic Justice poster

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Poetic Justice

1993 · 109 min

The Real Malcolm X poster

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The Real Malcolm X

1992 · 60 min

Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists poster

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Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

1992 · 30 min

Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words poster

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Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

1987 · 47 min

Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou poster

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Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou

1982 · 58 min

The Richard Pryor Special? poster

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The Richard Pryor Special?

1977 · 60 min

The Richard Pryor Show poster

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The Richard Pryor Show

1977 · 60 min

Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! DOC Watched In progress

Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!

1969

Assignment America DOC Watched In progress

Assignment America

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