Virginia Capers

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-09-22 (79 years old)

Deathday

2004-05-06

Place of Birth

Sumter, South Carolina, USA

Virginia Capers

Biography

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting

1972

Lady Sings the Blues

as Mama Holiday

1990

1993

1995

Truman

as Elizabeth Moore

1972

1980

White Mama

as Gorilla Sydney

2001

For Love of Olivia

as Ida Mae Boudreau

1984

Teachers

as Landlady

1990

When You Remember Me

as Nurse Blandings

1988

Backfire

as Maxine

1987

Off the Mark

as Velma

1971

Big Jake

as Delilah

1973

1996

Raven Hawk

as Dr. Helen Harris

1962

1990

1971

The Late Liz

as Martha

1992

Original Intent

as Lily Reid

1986

Howard the Duck

as Coramae

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Florence Sparrow

1982

The Toy

as Ruby Simpson

1990

Donor

as Mrs. Mantley

1993

Beethoven's 2nd

as Chemistry Teacher

1985

Da Capo

as Singing prisoner

1988

The George McKenna Story

as Margaret Wright

1969

The Lost Man

as Theresa

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