Acting credits
54
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Maya Angelou
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.6
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Movies: 48Series: 15Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 54424
IMDb ID: nm0029723
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014
Age: 86
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q19526
Other jobs
Director (3)Music (2)Additional Writing (1)Novel (1)Poem (1)Story (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Maya Angelou.
7.5
Orwell: 2+2=5
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Wild & Free
Thanks
2024 Movie
10.0
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024 Movie
2.0
Maya Angelou at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Why Is We Americans?
as Self
2022 Movie
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2021 Movie
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
as Self
2020 Movie
Words Are Things
as Narrator (voice)
2018 Movie
7.0
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Movie
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
as Self
2015 Movie
6.0
The Power of the Heart
as Self
2014 Movie
7.1
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2012 Movie
6.3
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011 Movie
6.3
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2010 Movie
10.0
Papa Césaire
as Self
2009 Movie
6.6
Good Hair
as Self
2009 Movie
5.8
The Black Candle
as Self - Narrator
2009 Movie
7.0
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
as Self
2008 Movie
6.4
Madea's Family Reunion
as May
2006 Movie
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
7.0
The Runaway
as Conjure Woman
2000 Movie
6.0
The Unfinished Journey
as Self
1999 Movie
6.2
Down in the Delta
Director
1998 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Maya Angelou.
6.9
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.0
Iconoclasts
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.0
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.2
The Early Show
as Self • 2 eps
1999 Series
3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Moesha
as Maya Angelou • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Fairy Godmother (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Clarice Mitchell • 1 eps
1994 Series
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.6
American Experience
as Self - Author • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.5
American Masters
as Self • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.3
The Richard Pryor Show
5 eps
1977 Series
7.4
Roots
as Nyo Boto • 1 eps
1977 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Conjure woman • 1 eps
1951 Series