Maya Angelou
View on IMDb ↗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.
Known for
Daedalus
Papa Césaire
Perfect Moment
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Calypso Heat Wave
Hallmark Hall of Fame
HARDtalk
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
The Real Malcolm X
IconoclastsFilmography (63)
- 2025
Orwell: 2+2=5Self (archive footage) - 2024
DaedalusSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) - 2024
Maya Angelou at the BBCSelf (archive footage) - 2022
Why Is We Americans?Self - 2021
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsSelf - 2020
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando TardeSelf - 2018
Mr. SOUL!Self (archive footage) - 2018Becky and the BirdsSelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2018
Words Are ThingsNarrator (voice) - 2017
The NinetiesSelf (archive footage) - 2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf (archive footage) - 2015
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of SongSelf - 2014
The Power of the HeartSelf - 2012
Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf - 2011
On the Shoulders of Giants - 2010
One Night in VegasSelf - 2009
Papa CésaireSelf - 2009
Good HairSelf - 2009
The Black CandleSelf - Narrator - 2008
Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedSelf - 2006
Madea's Family ReunionMay - 2005
IconoclastsSelf - 2004
America Beyond the Color LineSelf - 2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage) - 2003Sisters in CinemaSelf
- 2000
The RunawayConjure Woman - 1999
The Unfinished JourneySelf - 1999
The Early ShowSelf - 1998
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living EdensNarrator - 1998
Quincy Jones... The First 50 YearsSelf - 1997The Gregory Hines ShowSelf
- 1997
Perfect MomentSelf - 1997
HARDtalk - 1996
MoeshaMaya Angelou - 1996
Get on the BusSelf (archive footage, uncredited) - 1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasNarrator (voice) - 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - 1996
Angelou on Burns - 1995
How to Make an American QuiltAnna - 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildFairy Godmother (voice) - 1994
Malcolm X: Make It PlainSelf - 1994
Touched by an AngelClarice Mitchell - 1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage) - 1993
There Are No Children HereLelia Mae - 1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical CelebrationSelf - Special Guest - 1993
Poetic JusticeAunt June - 1993
Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage) - 1992
The Real Malcolm X - 1992
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American ArtistsAnchor - 1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the TicketSelf - 1988
American ExperienceSelf - Author - 1987
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of WordsSelf - 1986
American MastersSelf - 1982
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou - 1977
RootsNyo Boto - 1977
The Richard Pryor Special?Willie's Wife - 1977
The Richard Pryor Show - 1971
Great PerformancesSelf - 1969Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black!Self - Host
- 1959
Porgy and BessDancer - 1957
Calypso Heat Wave - 1951
Hallmark Hall of FameConjure woman - —Assignment America