Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
2025Orwell: 2+2=5Movieas Self (archive footage)
2024Wild & FreeMovieThanks
2024DaedalusMovieas Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024Maya Angelou at the BBCMovieas Self (archive footage)
2022Why Is We Americans?Movieas Self
2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsMovieas Self
2020Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando TardeMovieas Self
2018Words Are ThingsMovieas Narrator (voice)
2018Mr. SOUL!Movieas Self (archive footage)2017The NinetiesTV showas Self (archive footage) · 1 episodes2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseMovieas Self (archive footage)
2015I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of SongMovieas Self
2014The Power of the HeartMovieas Self2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesMovieas Self
2011On the Shoulders of GiantsMovie
2010One Night in VegasMovieas Self
2009Papa CésaireMovieas Self2009Good HairMovieas Self
2009The Black CandleMovieas Self - Narrator · Poem
2008Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedMovieas Self2006Madea's Family ReunionMovieas May
2005IconoclastsTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Movieas Self (archive footage)
2004America Beyond the Color LineTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2000The RunawayMovieas Conjure Woman
1999The Unfinished JourneyMovieas Self
1999The Early ShowTV showas Self · 2 episodes
1998Down in the DeltaMovieDirector
1998Quincy Jones... The First 50 YearsMovieas Self
1998The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living EdensMovieas Narrator
1997HARDtalkTV show1 episodes
1997Perfect MomentMovieas Self1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasMovieas Narrator (voice)1996Get on the BusMovieas Self (archive footage, uncredited)1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1996America's DreamMovieStory1996MoeshaTV showas Maya Angelou · 1 episodes
1996Angelou on BurnsMovie1995How to Make an American QuiltMovieas Anna1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTV showas Fairy Godmother (voice) · 1 episodes1994Touched by an AngelTV showas Clarice Mitchell · 1 episodes
1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Movieas Self (archive footage)
1994Malcolm X: Make It PlainMovieas Self
1993There Are No Children HereMovieas Lelia Mae
1993Intimate PortraitTV showas Self (archive footage) · 1 episodes
1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical CelebrationMovieas Self - Special Guest1993Poetic JusticeMovieas Aunt June
1992The Real Malcolm XMovie
1992Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American ArtistsMovieas Anchor
1989James Baldwin: The Price of the TicketMovieas Self1988American ExperienceTV showas Self - Author · 1 episodes
1987Aimé Césaire: The Mask of WordsMovieas Self1986American MastersTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1982Sister, SisterMovieWriter · Producer
1982Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya AngelouMovie
1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMovieWriter · Novel1977The Richard Pryor ShowTV show5 episodes
1977The Richard Pryor Special?Movieas Willie's Wife · Additional Writing1977RootsTV showas Nyo Boto · 1 episodes
1976The TapestryMovieDirector
1975All Day LongMovieDirector
1972Georgia, GeorgiaMovieMusic · Writer1971Great PerformancesTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1960Integration Report 1MovieMusic1959Porgy and BessMovieas Dancer
1957Calypso Heat WaveMovie