Virginia Capers
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
Movie Appearances
Lady Sings the Blues
as Mama Holiday
1972
Burning Bridges
as Mamie
1990
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Choir Mistress
1993
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Emma Ray
1986
Truman
as Elizabeth Moore
1995
The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Mabel Cobb
1972
White Mama
as Gorilla Sydney
1980
For Love of Olivia
as Ida Mae Boudreau
2001
Teachers
as Landlady
1984
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Ruby
1973
When You Remember Me
as Nurse Blandings
1990
Backfire
as Maxine
1988
Inmates: A Love Story
as Agnes
1981
Off the Mark
as Velma
1987
Big Jake
as Delilah
1971
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Native Woman
1973
The Feminine Touch
as Mama
1995
Taking Back Our Town
2001
Sunsplit
1997
Raven Hawk
as Dr. Helen Harris
1996
TV Appearances
St. Elsewhere
as Admit Clerk
1982
Murder, She Wrote
as Margo Webster
1984
The Rookies
1972
The District
as Crazy Mary
2000
My Three Sons
1960
The Golden Girls
as Greta
1985
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Hattie Banks
1990
The Pretender
as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
1996
227
1985
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Frank's Place
as Bertha Griffin-Lamour
1987
Highway to Heaven
1984