Eliza Virginia Capers Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
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.
Full Name
Eliza Virginia Capers
Net Worth
$8 Million
Date Of Birth
September 22, 1925
Died
2004-05-06
Place Of Birth
Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Nicknames
Virginia Capers, Capers, Virginia
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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I spent a lot of my life being told I should sing blues because I was black.
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Fact
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Won Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Raisin".
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Spoke several languages as part of her musical training, and even sang in Yiddish on radio for Abe Lyman's popular show.
3
She and her son Glenn once took in an Inuit runaway named Nilak Butler and eventually helped her secure a five-year contract with Warner Brothers as an actress. Nilak later became a prominent voice in the American Indian Movement.
4
The recipient of the National Black Theatre Festival Living Legend Award, the Paul Robeson Pioneer Award and the NAACP's Image Award for theatre excellence.
5
Founded the Lafayette Players, a Los Angeles repertory theatre company comprised of black actors.
6
She won a Tony for "Raisin".
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kingpin
2003
TV Mini-Series
Move
2002/I
Short
Lady in 2002
For Your Love
2002
TV Series
Cornelia
Taking Back Our Town
2001
TV Movie
ER
2001
TV Series
Mrs. Wilson
Commitments
2001
TV Movie
For Love of Olivia
2001
TV Movie
Ida Mae Boudreau
The District
2000
TV Series
Crazy Mary
Popular
2000
TV Series
Nurse Pittman
Snoops
1999
TV Series
Mrs. Garrett
The Hughleys
1998-1999
TV Series
M'Dear
Bad City Blues
1999
Mrs. Green
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1999
TV Series
Grandma Rose
The Pretender
1997
TV Series
Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
The Practice
1997
TV Series
Virginia Reynolds
Party of Five
1997
TV Series
Nana
Married with Children
1996
TV Series
Mourner #2
Raven Hawk
1996
TV Movie
Dr. Helen Harris
A Last Goodbye
1995
The Principal
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1995
TV Series
Hattie Banks
Grandma Hattie Banks
Hattie
Courthouse
1995
TV Series
Eddie's Mother
Truman
1995
TV Movie
Elizabeth Moore
The Feminine Touch
1995
Video
'Mama'
Everybody Can Float
1994
Short
Nevel's Mother
The Commish
1994
TV Series
Wilma Sands
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
1993
Video Game
Narrator (voice)
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Miss Linda Anderson
Picket Fences
1993
TV Series
Judge Campbell
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Choir Mistress
Knots Landing
1993
TV Series
Mrs. Carter
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
TV Series
Judge
Original Intent
1992
Video
Lily Reid
Evening Shade
1990-1992
TV Series
Francis / Francis Blue
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1991
TV Series
Kate Langston
Good Grief
1991
TV Series
Judge Connie
Donor
1990
TV Movie
Mrs. Mantley
Gabriel's Fire
1990
TV Series
Annie
When You Remember Me
1990
TV Movie
Nurse Blandings
Burning Bridges
1990
TV Movie
Mamie
Pacific Palisades
1990
Shirley
Booker
1989
TV Series
Ivy Seaton
Unsub
1989
TV Series
Glenona
Backfire
1988
Maxine
Frank's Place
1987-1988
TV Series
Bertha Griffin-Lamour
The Golden Girls
1988
TV Series
Greta Wagner
Off the Mark
1987
Velma
Downtown
1986-1987
TV Series
Delia Bonner
Starman
1986
TV Series
Nurse Corona
The George McKenna Story
1986
TV Movie
Margaret Wright
Howard the Duck
1986
Cora Mae, Secretary
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Florence Sparrow
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
Emma Ray
227
1986
TV Series
Aunt Gwendolyn
Murder, She Wrote
1986
TV Series
Margo Webster
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
TV Series
Ruth
Da Capo
1985
Singing prisoner
St. Elsewhere
1984
TV Series
Admit Clerk
Highway to Heaven
1984
TV Series
Miss Hendrickson
Dynasty
1984
TV Series
Aunt Bessie
Teachers
1984
Landlady
Just a Little More Love
1983
TV Movie
Amanda's
1983
TV Series
Mrs. Wilson
Against the Odds
1983
TV Series 1983
Romance Theatre
1982
TV Series
Mama
The Toy
1982
Ruby Simpson
Star of the Family
1982
TV Series
Alberta
Quincy M.E.
1979-1981
TV Series
Allison Sirella's Neighbor / Dainty June / Emily Barlow
Inmates: A Love Story
1981
TV Movie
Agnes
Mork & Mindy
1980
TV Series
Nurse Tula
Willow B: Women in Prison
1980
TV Movie
Eloise Baker
White Mama
1980
TV Movie
Gorilla Sydney
ABC Afterschool Specials
1979
TV Series
Judge Atherton
Featherstone's Nest
1979
TV Movie
Bella Beauchamp
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
Cleo
Jigsaw John
1976
TV Series
The Waltons
1976
TV Series
Vesper Oakes
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
Ruby
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Native Woman
Mannix
1970-1973
TV Series
Pearl / Mrs. Frost
The Rookies
1972-1973
TV Series
Mrs. Culpepper / Mrs. Gibson
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
TV Movie
Mabel Cobb
Trouble Man
1972
Macy
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
Mama Holiday
Longstreet
1971
TV Series
Nurse
The Late Liz
1971
Martha
Big Jake
1971
Delilah
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
Effie
Bracken's World
1970
TV Series
Mrs. Andrews
The Great White Hope
1970
Sister Pearl
Norwood
1970
Ernestine
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Cook (uncredited)
Dragnet 1967
1970
TV Series
Mrs. Florence Bell
My Three Sons
1970
TV Series
Nurse #3
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
TV Series
Aunt Cass
The Lost Man
1969
Theresa
Julia
1968-1969
TV Series
Mrs. Deering / Mrs. Gibson
Judd for the Defense
1968
TV Series
Millie Enfield
Death Valley Days
1968
TV Series
Jenny Prentiss
Insight
1967
TV Series
Sarah
Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967
Teresa Moreno (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1966
TV Series
Elsie
Breaking Point
1963
TV Series
Esther
The Untouchables
1962-1963
TV Series
June
House of Women
1962
Sarah
Have Gun - Will Travel
1961
TV Series
Ada
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 28th Annual Tony Awards
1974
TV Special performer: "Whole Lot of Sunshine"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Black Theater Today: 2005
2005
Documentary
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Video documentary
Herself
Dinah!
1976
TV Series
Herself
The 28th Annual Tony Awards
1974
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1971
Image Award
Image Awards
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Big Jake (1971)
Known for movies
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) as Florence Sparrow
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) as Choir Mistress