Virginia Capers

Acting

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

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

Filmography

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