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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	Herself	2004
Kingpin		2003
Taking Back Our Town		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

(see additional filmography)

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	Herself	2004
Kingpin		2003
Taking Back Our Town		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
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, Francis	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	1988
Off the Mark	Velma	1987
Frank's Place	Bertha Griffin-Lamour, Bertha Griffin-Lamour (credit only)	1987
Married... with Children	Mourner #2	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
227	Aunt Gwendolyn	1985
The Golden Girls	Greta Wagner	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. Carter	1979
The North Avenue Irregulars	Cleo	1979
Mork & Mindy	Nurse Tula	1978
Quincy M.E.	Allison Sirella's Neighbor, Dainty June, Emily Barlow	1976
Jigsaw John		1976
Dinah!	Herself	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 Rookies	Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Gibson	1972
The Waltons	Vesper Oakes	1971
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
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	1957
The Magical World of Disney	(archive footage)	1954
General Electric Theater		1953
Death Valley Days	Jenny Prentiss	1952