Virginia Capers

Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1925, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Died: May 6, 2004
Movies: 37

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.

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Best-Known Movies

7.6

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

5.5

Howard the Duck

1986

5.6

Beethoven's 2nd

1993

7.1

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

6.8

Big Jake

1971

5.9

The Toy

1982

6.8

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

6.6

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

5.7

Teachers

1984

6.9

Lady Sings the Blues

1972

Filmography

2001	Taking Back Our Town
2001	For Love of Olivia	Ida Mae Boudreau
1997	Sunsplit
1996	Raven Hawk	Dr. Helen Harris
1995	Truman	Elizabeth Moore
1995	The Feminine Touch	Mama
1993	Beethoven's 2nd	Chemistry Teacher
1993	What's Love Got to Do with It	Choir Mistress
1992	Original Intent	Lily Reid
1990	Donor	Mrs. Mantley
1990	When You Remember Me	Nurse Blandings
1990	Burning Bridges	Mamie
1990	Pacific Palisades	Shirley
1988	The George McKenna Story	Margaret Wright
1988	Backfire	Maxine
1987	Off the Mark	Velma
1986	Howard the Duck	Coramae
1986	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Florence Sparrow
1986	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling	Emma Ray
1985	Da Capo	Singing prisoner
1984	Teachers	Landlady
1982	The Toy	Ruby Simpson
1981	Inmates: A Love Story	Agnes
1980	White Mama	Gorilla Sydney
1979	The North Avenue Irregulars	Cleo
1973	Five on the Black Hand Side	Ruby
1973	The World's Greatest Athlete	Native Woman
1972	The Judge and Jake Wyler	Mabel Cobb
1972	Trouble Man	Macy
1972	Lady Sings the Blues	Mama Holiday
1971	The Late Liz	Martha
1971	Big Jake	Delilah
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Effie
1970	There Was a Crooked Man...	Cook
1969	The Lost Man	Theresa
1967	The Ride to Hangman's Tree	Teresa Moreno (Uncredited)
1962	House of Women	Sarah

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