Virginia Capers
Date of birth: 1925-09-22
Place of birth: Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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
Movie Credits
Lady Sings the Blues
1972-10-12
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic
Burning Bridges
1990-05-06
Fact-based story of a woman who suffered a nervous breakdown after having an extra-marital affair.
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993-06-09
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husba
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986-05-02
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After
Truman
1995-09-09
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from sm
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972-12-02
A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and vario
White Mama
1980-03-05
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood b
For Love of Olivia
2001-03-18
To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young
Teachers
1984-10-05
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing t
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973-10-25
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American f
When You Remember Me
1990-10-07
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing hom
Backfire
1988-06-21
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling
Inmates: A Love Story
1981-02-13
Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, w
Off the Mark
1987-11-01
A teenaged boy's family once hosted a Russian exchange student in their home for a year. Several yea
Big Jake
1971-05-26
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grand
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973-02-14
Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he c
The Feminine Touch
1995-01-01
Jenny Baron is a beautiful investigative reporter swept into a deadly conspiracy that reaches to the
Taking Back Our Town
2001-12-10
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japan
Sunsplit
1997-01-01
As the California sun shines down from an Los Angeles sky, three unique individuals are about to col
Raven Hawk
1996-07-20
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her
House of Women
1962-04-11
An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan) person
Pacific Palisades
1990-03-28
A woman from Paris, Bernadette, comes to the United States after being promised a job. When she arri
The Late Liz
1971-09-01
Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.
Original Intent
1992-05-13
Matthew Cameron (Jay Richardson) is a lawyer undergoing a midlife crisis despite having a seemingly
Howard the Duck
1986-08-01
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986-06-11
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for t
The Toy
1982-12-10
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department
Donor
1990-12-09
Dr. Kristine Lipton finds that something strange is happening in the hospital she works for when a f
Beethoven's 2nd
1993-12-14
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match
Da Capo
1985-08-16
Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biograph
The George McKenna Story
1988-08-01
Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of d
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979-02-09
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are wil
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970-09-18
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among
The Lost Man
1969-07-11
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."