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Virginia Capers

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Virginia Capers

Born September 22, 1925 in Sumter, South Carolina, USADied May 6, 200437 films

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.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off posterFirst watchFerris Bueller's Day Off19867.6as Florence SparrowAfter high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
What's Love Got to Do with It poster7.1What's Love Got to Do with It1993Beethoven's 2nd poster5.6Beethoven's 2nd1993Howard the Duck poster5.5Howard the Duck1986Big Jake poster6.8Big Jake1971There Was a Crooked Man... poster6.8There Was a Crooked Man...1970The Toy poster5.9The Toy1982Support Your Local Gunfighter poster6.6Support Your Local Gunfighter1971Lady Sings the Blues poster6.9Lady Sings the Blues1972

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. 2001Taking Back Our Town
  2. 2001For Love of OliviaIda Mae Boudreau
  3. 1997Sunsplit
  4. 1996Raven HawkDr. Helen Harris
  5. 1995TrumanElizabeth Moore
  6. 1995The Feminine TouchMama
  7. 1993Beethoven's 2ndChemistry Teacher
  8. 1993What's Love Got to Do with ItChoir Mistress
  9. 1992Original IntentLily Reid
  10. 1990DonorMrs. Mantley
  11. 1990When You Remember MeNurse Blandings
  12. 1990Burning BridgesMamie
  13. 1990Pacific PalisadesShirley
  14. 1988The George McKenna StoryMargaret Wright
  15. 1988BackfireMaxine
  16. 1987Off the MarkVelma
  17. 1986Howard the DuckCoramae
  18. 1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffFlorence Sparrow
  19. 1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingEmma Ray
  20. 1985Da CapoSinging prisoner
  21. 1984TeachersLandlady
  22. 1982The ToyRuby Simpson
  23. 1981Inmates: A Love StoryAgnes
  24. 1980White MamaGorilla Sydney
  25. 1979The North Avenue IrregularsCleo
  26. 1973Five on the Black Hand SideRuby
  27. 1973The World's Greatest AthleteNative Woman
  28. 1972The Judge and Jake WylerMabel Cobb
  29. 1972Trouble ManMacy
  30. 1972Lady Sings the BluesMama Holiday
  31. 1971The Late LizMartha
  32. 1971Big JakeDelilah
  33. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterEffie
  34. 1970There Was a Crooked Man...Cook
  35. 1969The Lost ManTheresa
  36. 1967The Ride to Hangman's TreeTeresa Moreno (Uncredited)
  37. 1962House of WomenSarah