Acting

Virginia Capers

Born 1925-09-22 · Sumter, South Carolina, USA

Died 2004-05-06

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

Credits

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Taking Back Our Town
2001
For Love of Olivia
as Ida Mae Boudreau
2001
The District
as Crazy Mary
2000
Popular
as Nurse Pittman
1999
Snoops
as Mrs. Garrett
1999
The Hughleys
as M'Dear
1998
The Practice
as Virginia Reynolds
1997
Sunsplit
1997
The Pretender
as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
1996
Raven Hawk
as Dr. Helen Harris
1996
Truman
as Elizabeth Moore
1995
The Feminine Touch
as Mama
1995
Madman of the People
as Clara
1994
ER
as Mrs. Wilson
1994
Party of Five
as Nana
1994
Beethoven's 2nd
as Chemistry Teacher
1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Choir Mistress
1993
Batman: The Animated Series
as Judge (voice)
1992
Original Intent
as Lily Reid
1992
The Commish
as Wilma Sands
1991
Donor
as Mrs. Mantley
1990
When You Remember Me
as Nurse Blandings
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Hattie Banks
1990
Burning Bridges
as Mamie
1990
Pacific Palisades
as Shirley
1990
Booker
as Ivy Seaton
1989
The George McKenna Story
as Margaret Wright
1988
Backfire
as Maxine
1988
Off the Mark
as Velma
1987
Frank's Place
as Bertha Griffin-Lamour
1987
Married... with Children
as Mourner
1987
Downtown
as Delia Bonner
1986
Howard the Duck
as Coramae
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Florence Sparrow
1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Emma Ray
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ruth
1985
The Golden Girls
as Greta
1985
227
1985
Da Capo
as Singing prisoner
1985
Teachers
as Landlady
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Margo Webster
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Toy
as Ruby Simpson
1982
St. Elsewhere
as Admit Clerk
1982
Inmates: A Love Story
as Agnes
1981
Dynasty
1981
White Mama
as Gorilla Sydney
1980
Knots Landing
as Mrs. Adele Carter
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Cleo
1979
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Quincy, M.E.
as Emily Barlow
1976
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Ruby
1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Native Woman
1973
The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Mabel Cobb
1972
Trouble Man
as Macy
1972
Lady Sings the Blues
as Mama Holiday
1972
The Waltons
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Late Liz
as Martha
1971
Big Jake
as Delilah
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Effie
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Cook
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Aunt Cass
1969
The Lost Man
as Theresa
1969
Mannix
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
as Teresa Moreno (Uncredited)
1967
Daniel Boone
as Elsie
1964
House of Women
as Sarah
1962
My Three Sons
1960
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Ada
1957
General Electric Theater
1953