Maya Angelou

Actor

Born: April 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014 (age 86)
From: 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.

Filmography (47)

Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Daedalus (2024)
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Maya Angelou at the BBC (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Why Is We Americans? (2022)
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings (2021)
Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde (2020)
Self
Becky and the Birds
Becky and the Birds (2018)
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Words Are Things (2018)
Narrator (voice)
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
Self (archive footage)
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song (2015)
Self
The Power of the Heart (2014)
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
Self
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
One Night in Vegas (2010)
Self
Papa Césaire (2009)
Self
Good Hair (2009)
Self
The Black Candle (2009)
Self - Narrator
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed (2008)
Self
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
May
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (2004)
Self (archive footage)
Sisters in Cinema
Sisters in Cinema (2003)
Self
The Runaway (2000)
Conjure Woman
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Self
Down in the Delta (1998)
Director
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998)
Self
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens (1998)
Narrator
Perfect Moment (1997)
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Narrator (voice)
Get on the Bus (1996)
Self (archive footage, uncredited)