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Virginia Capers

Acting

Born September 22, 1925 · Sumter, South Carolina, USA

Died May 6, 2004

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

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 1974

Filmography44 titles

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Judge (voice)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990as Hattie Banks

ER

1994as Mrs. Wilson

The Practice

1997as Virginia Reynolds

Married... with Children

1987as Mourner

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986as Florence Sparrow

The Golden Girls

1985as Greta

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Margo Webster

Quincy, M.E.

1976

The Pretender

1996as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant

Highway to Heaven

1984

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Ada

Five on the Black Hand Side

1973as Ruby

The Waltons

1972

Party of Five

1994as Nana

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993as Choir Mistress

Daniel Boone

1964as Elsie

Knots Landing

1979as Mrs. Adele Carter

The Rookies

1972

Big Jake

1971as Delilah

The District

2000as Crazy Mary

227

1985

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970as Cook

Mannix

1967

The Hughleys

as M'Dear

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971as Effie

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Aunt Cass

My Three Sons

1960

Dynasty

1981

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979as Cleo

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986as Emma Ray

The George McKenna Story

1988as Margaret Wright

Trouble Man

1972as Macy

The Toy

1982as Ruby Simpson

Teachers

1984as Landlady

St. Elsewhere

1982as Admit Clerk

Beethoven's 2nd

1993as Chemistry Teacher

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973as Native Woman

Howard the Duck

1986as Coramae

Booker

1989as Ivy Seaton

House of Women

1962as Sarah

For Love of Olivia

2001as Ida Mae Boudreau

Taking Back Our Town

2001

Off the Mark

1987as Velma