Virginia Capers Net Worth

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Virginia Capers Net Worth is
$18 Million

Virginia Capers Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

With plenty of heart and soul, actress Virginia Capers served up loads of music in a career that spanned several decades. Born in 1925, she attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., then studied voice at Juilliard in Manhatten. By happenstance, she was introduced to band leader Abe Lyman who hired her for his radio program and for on-the-road...

Date Of BirthSeptember 22, 1925, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
DiedMay 6, 2004, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of BirthSumter, South Carolina, USA
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
EducationHoward University
ChildrenGlenn Capers
TV ShowsFrank's Place
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1I spent a lot of my life being told I should sing blues because I was black.
#Fact
1Won Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Raisin".
2Spoke several languages as part of her musical training, and even sang in Yiddish on radio for Abe Lyman's popular show.
3She and her son Glenn once took in an Inuit runaway named Nilak Butler and eventually helped her secure a five-year contract with Warner Brothers as an actress. Nilak later became a prominent voice in the American Indian Movement.
4The recipient of the National Black Theatre Festival Living Legend Award, the Paul Robeson Pioneer Award and the NAACP's Image Award for theatre excellence.
5Founded the Lafayette Players, a Los Angeles repertory theatre company comprised of black actors.
6She won a Tony for "Raisin".

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kingpin2003TV Mini-Series
Move2002/IShortLady in 2002
For Your Love2002TV SeriesCornelia
Taking Back Our Town2001TV Movie
ER2001TV SeriesMrs. Wilson
Commitments2001TV Movie
For Love of Olivia2001TV MovieIda Mae Boudreau
The District2000TV SeriesCrazy Mary
Popular2000TV SeriesNurse Pittman
Snoops1999TV SeriesMrs. Garrett
The Hughleys1998-1999TV SeriesM'Dear
Bad City Blues1999Mrs. Green
Poltergeist: The Legacy1999TV SeriesGrandma Rose
The Pretender1997TV SeriesMr. Herbert's Former Assistant
The Practice1997TV SeriesVirginia Reynolds
Party of Five1997TV SeriesNana
Married with Children1996TV SeriesMourner #2
Raven Hawk1996TV MovieDr. Helen Harris
A Last Goodbye1995The Principal
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air1990-1995TV SeriesHattie Banks Grandma Hattie Banks Hattie
Courthouse1995TV SeriesEddie's Mother
Truman1995TV MovieElizabeth Moore
The Feminine Touch1995Video'Mama'
Everybody Can Float1994ShortNevel's Mother
The Commish1994TV SeriesWilma Sands
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers1993Video GameNarrator (voice)
Beethoven's 2nd1993Miss Linda Anderson
Picket Fences1993TV SeriesJudge Campbell
What's Love Got to Do with It1993Choir Mistress
Knots Landing1993TV SeriesMrs. Carter
Batman: The Animated Series1992TV SeriesJudge
Original Intent1992VideoLily Reid
Evening Shade1990-1992TV SeriesFrancis / Francis Blue
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill1991TV SeriesKate Langston
Good Grief1991TV SeriesJudge Connie
Donor1990TV MovieMrs. Mantley
Gabriel's Fire1990TV SeriesAnnie
When You Remember Me1990TV MovieNurse Blandings
Burning Bridges1990TV MovieMamie
Pacific Palisades1990Shirley
Booker1989TV SeriesIvy Seaton
Unsub1989TV SeriesGlenona
Backfire1988Maxine
Frank's Place1987-1988TV SeriesBertha Griffin-Lamour
The Golden Girls1988TV SeriesGreta Wagner
Off the Mark1987Velma
Downtown1986-1987TV SeriesDelia Bonner
Starman1986TV SeriesNurse Corona
The George McKenna Story1986TV MovieMargaret Wright
Howard the Duck1986Cora Mae, Secretary
Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986Florence Sparrow
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling1986Emma Ray
2271986TV SeriesAunt Gwendolyn
Murder, She Wrote1986TV SeriesMargo Webster
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985TV SeriesRuth
Da Capo1985Singing prisoner
St. Elsewhere1984TV SeriesAdmit Clerk
Highway to Heaven1984TV SeriesMiss Hendrickson
Dynasty1984TV SeriesAunt Bessie
Teachers1984Landlady
Just a Little More Love1983TV Movie
Amanda's1983TV SeriesMrs. Wilson
Against the Odds1983TV Series 1983
Romance Theatre1982TV SeriesMama
The Toy1982Ruby Simpson
Star of the Family1982TV SeriesAlberta
Quincy M.E.1979-1981TV SeriesAllison Sirella's Neighbor / Dainty June / Emily Barlow
Inmates: A Love Story1981TV MovieAgnes
Mork & Mindy1980TV SeriesNurse Tula
Willow B: Women in Prison1980TV MovieEloise Baker
White Mama1980TV MovieGorilla Sydney
ABC Afterschool Specials1979TV SeriesJudge Atherton
Featherstone's Nest1979TV MovieBella Beauchamp
The North Avenue Irregulars1979Cleo
Jigsaw John1976TV Series
The Waltons1976TV SeriesVesper Oakes
Five on the Black Hand Side1973Ruby
The World's Greatest Athlete1973Native Woman
Mannix1970-1973TV SeriesPearl / Mrs. Frost
The Rookies1972-1973TV SeriesMrs. Culpepper / Mrs. Gibson
The Judge and Jake Wyler1972TV MovieMabel Cobb
Trouble Man1972Macy
Lady Sings the Blues1972Mama Holiday
Longstreet1971TV SeriesNurse
The Late Liz1971Martha
Big Jake1971Delilah
Support Your Local Gunfighter1971Effie
Bracken's World1970TV SeriesMrs. Andrews
The Great White Hope1970Sister Pearl
Norwood1970Ernestine
There Was a Crooked Man...1970Cook (uncredited)
Dragnet 19671970TV SeriesMrs. Florence Bell
My Three Sons1970TV SeriesNurse #3
Marcus Welby, M.D.1969TV SeriesAunt Cass
The Lost Man1969Theresa
Julia1968-1969TV SeriesMrs. Deering / Mrs. Gibson
Judd for the Defense1968TV SeriesMillie Enfield
Death Valley Days1968TV SeriesJenny Prentiss
Insight1967TV SeriesSarah
Ride to Hangman's Tree1967Teresa Moreno (uncredited)
Daniel Boone1966TV SeriesElsie
Breaking Point1963TV SeriesEsther
The Untouchables1962-1963TV SeriesJune
House of Women1962Sarah
Have Gun - Will Travel1961TV SeriesAda

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 28th Annual Tony Awards1974TV Special performer: "Whole Lot of Sunshine"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Black Theater Today: 20052005Documentary
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004Video documentaryHerself
Dinah!1976TV SeriesHerself
The 28th Annual Tony Awards1974TV SpecialHerself - Performer

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2005TV SpecialHerself - Memorial Tribute
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1983TV Series

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1971Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Actress in a Motion PictureBig Jake (1971)

Known for movies

Florence Sparrow

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
as Florence Sparrow

Choir Mistress

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
as Choir Mistress

Miss Linda Anderson

Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
as Miss Linda Anderson

Cora Mae, Secretary

Howard the Duck (1986)
as Cora Mae, Secretary

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IMDB Wikipedia

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