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Eliza "Virginia" Capers 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.
Birth Name
Eliza Virginia Capers
Born
Tuesday, 22 September 1925
Died
Thursday, 06 May 2004
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self | 2004 |
| Taking Back Our Town | 2001 | |
| For Love of Olivia | Ida Mae Boudreau | 2001 |
| Commitments | 2001 | |
| The District | Crazy Mary | 2000 |
| Popular | Nurse Pittman | 1999 |
| Snoops | Mrs. Garrett | 1999 |
| Bad City Blues | Mrs. Green | 1999 |
| The Hughleys | M'Dear | 1998 |
| For Your Love | Cornelia | 1998 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self | 2004 |
| Taking Back Our Town | 2001 | |
| For Love of Olivia | Ida Mae Boudreau | 2001 |
| Commitments | 2001 | |
| The District | Crazy Mary | 2000 |
| Popular | Nurse Pittman | 1999 |
| Snoops | Mrs. Garrett | 1999 |
| Bad City Blues | Mrs. Green | 1999 |
| The Hughleys | M'Dear | 1998 |
| For Your Love | Cornelia | 1998 |
| The Practice | Virginia Reynolds | 1997 |
| Sunsplit | 1997 | |
| The Pretender | Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant | 1996 |
| Raven Hawk | Dr. Helen Harris | 1996 |
| Poltergeist: The Legacy | Grandma Rose | 1996 |
| Courthouse | Eddie's Mother | 1995 |
| Truman | Elizabeth Moore | 1995 |
| Madman of the People | Clara | 1994 |
| ER | Mrs. Wilson | 1994 |
| Party of Five | Nana | 1994 |
| Beethoven's 2nd | Miss Linda Anderson | 1993 |
| What's Love Got to Do with It | Choir Mistress | 1993 |
| Picket Fences | Judge Campbell | 1992 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Judge | 1992 |
| Original Intent | Lily Reid | 1992 |
| The Commish | Wilma Sands | 1991 |
| Donor | Mrs. Mantley | 1990 |
| Good Grief | Judge Connie | 1990 |
| Evening Shade | Francis Blue | 1990 |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Kate Langston | 1990 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Annie | 1990 |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Hattie Banks | 1990 |
| Pacific Palisades | Shirley | 1990 |
| Booker | Ivy Seaton | 1989 |
| Unsub | Glenona | 1989 |
| Backfire | Maxine | 1987 |
| Frank's Place | Bertha Griffin-Lamour | 1987 |
| Married... with Children | Mourner #2 | 1987 |
| Off the Mark | Velma | 1987 |
| The George McKenna Story | Margaret Wright | 1986 |
| Downtown | Delia Bonner | 1986 |
| Starman | Nurse Corona | 1986 |
| Howard the Duck | Cora Mae, Secretary | 1986 |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Florence Sparrow | 1986 |
| Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Emma Ray | 1986 |
| The Golden Girls | Greta Wagner | 1985 |
| 227 | Aunt Gwendolyn | 1985 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ruth | 1985 |
| Teachers | Landlady | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Margo Webster | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Miss Hendrickson | 1984 |
| Amanda's | Mrs. Wilson | 1983 |
| The Toy | Ruby Simpson | 1982 |
| St. Elsewhere | Admit Clerk | 1982 |
| Star of the Family | Alberta | 1982 |
| Romance Theatre | Mama | 1982 |
| Dynasty | Aunt Bessie | 1981 |
| White Mama | Gorilla Sydney | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Mrs. Adele Carter | 1979 |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | Cleo | 1979 |
| Mork & Mindy | Nurse Tula | 1978 |
| Quincy M.E. | Allison's Neighbor / Dainty June / Emily Barlow | 1976 |
| Jigsaw John | Leona | 1976 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Five on the Black Hand Side | Ruby | 1973 |
| The World's Greatest Athlete | Native Woman | 1973 |
| Trouble Man | Macy | 1972 |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Mama Holiday | 1972 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Judge Atherton | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Vesper Oakes | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Mrs. Gibson / Mrs. Culpepper | 1972 |
| The Late Liz | Martha | 1971 |
| Big Jake | Delilah | 1971 |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | Effie | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Nurse | 1971 |
| The Great White Hope | Sister Pearl | 1970 |
| Norwood | Ernestine | 1970 |
| There Was a Crooked Man... | Cook | 1970 |
| Bracken's World | Mrs. Andrews | 1969 |
| The Lost Man | Theresa | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Aunt Cass | 1969 |
| Julia | Mrs. Deering / Mrs. Gibson | 1968 |
| Mannix | Mrs. Frost / Pearl | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Millie Enfield | 1967 |
| The Ride to Hangman's Tree | Teresa Moreno | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Mrs. Florence Bell | 1967 |
| Daniel Boone | Elsie | 1964 |
| Breaking Point | Esther | 1963 |
| House of Women | Sarah | 1962 |
| My Three Sons | Nurse #3 | 1960 |
| The Untouchables | June | 1959 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Ada - Saloon Gal | 1957 |
| The Magical World of Disney | (archive footage) | 1954 |
| Death Valley Days | Jenny Prentiss | 1952 |
