Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2001 -- Taking Back Our Town |
2001 -- For Love of Olivia | Ida Mae Boudreau
1997 -- Sunsplit |
1996 -- Raven Hawk | Dr. Helen Harris
1995 -- Truman | Elizabeth Moore
1995 -- The Feminine Touch | Mama
1993 -- Beethoven's 2nd | Chemistry Teacher
1993 -- What's Love Got to Do with It | Choir Mistress
1992 -- Original Intent | Lily Reid
1990 -- Donor | Mrs. Mantley
1990 -- When You Remember Me | Nurse Blandings
1990 -- Burning Bridges | Mamie
1990 -- Pacific Palisades | Shirley
1988 -- The George McKenna Story | Margaret Wright
1988 -- Backfire | Maxine
1987 -- Off the Mark | Velma
1986 -- Howard the Duck | Coramae
1986 -- Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Florence Sparrow
1986 -- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Emma Ray
1985 -- Da Capo | Singing prisoner
1984 -- Teachers | Landlady
1982 -- The Toy | Ruby Simpson
1981 -- Inmates: A Love Story | Agnes
1980 -- White Mama | Gorilla Sydney
1979 -- The North Avenue Irregulars | Cleo
1973 -- Five on the Black Hand Side | Ruby
1973 -- The World's Greatest Athlete | Native Woman
1972 -- The Judge and Jake Wyler | Mabel Cobb
1972 -- Lady Sings the Blues | Mama Holiday
1971 -- The Late Liz | Martha
1971 -- Support Your Local Gunfighter | Effie
1971 -- Big Jake | Delilah
1970 -- There Was a Crooked Man... | Cook
1969 -- The Lost Man | Theresa
1962 -- House of Women | Sarah
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