Person
Virginia Capers
Born 22 September 1925 Died 6 May 2004, aged 78 Sumter, South Carolina, USA TMDB ↗
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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The numbers
27age in their first credit on record (1953)
48years on screen and counting
5credits in 1990, their busiest year
71dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 76 Taking Back Our Town
2001
Age: 75 For Love of Olivia
2001as Ida Mae Boudreau
Age: 71 Sunsplit
1997
Age: 70 Raven Hawk
1996as Dr. Helen Harris
Age: 69 Truman
1995as Elizabeth Moore
Age: 69 The Feminine Touch
1995as Mama
Age: 68 Beethoven's 2nd
1993as Chemistry Teacher
Age: 67 What's Love Got to Do with It
1993as Choir Mistress
Age: 66 Original Intent
1992as Lily Reid
Age: 65 Donor
1990as Mrs. Mantley
Age: 65 When You Remember Me
1990as Nurse Blandings
Age: 64 Burning Bridges
1990as Mamie
Age: 64 Pacific Palisades
1990as Shirley
Age: 62 The George McKenna Story
1988as Margaret Wright
Age: 62 Backfire
1988as Maxine
Age: 62 Off the Mark
1987as Velma
Age: 60 Howard the Duck
1986as Coramae
Age: 60 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986as Florence Sparrow
Age: 60 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986as Emma Ray
Age: 59 Da Capo
1985as Singing prisoner
Age: 59 Teachers
1984as Landlady
Age: 57 The Toy
1982as Ruby Simpson
Age: 55 Inmates: A Love Story
1981as Agnes
Age: 54 White Mama
1980as Gorilla Sydney
Age: 53 The North Avenue Irregulars
1979as Cleo
Age: 48 Five on the Black Hand Side
1973as Ruby
Age: 47 The World's Greatest Athlete
1973as Native Woman
Age: 47 The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972as Mabel Cobb
Age: 47 Trouble Man
1972as Macy
Age: 47 Lady Sings the Blues
1972as Mama Holiday
Age: 45 The Late Liz
1971as Martha
Age: 45 Big Jake
1971as Delilah
Age: 45 Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971as Effie
Age: 44 There Was a Crooked Man...
1970as Cook
Age: 43 The Lost Man
1969as Theresa
Age: 41 The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967as Teresa Moreno (Uncredited)
Age: 36 House of Women
1962as Sarah
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TV credits
Age: 75 The District
2000as Crazy Mary
Age: 74 Popular
1999as Nurse Pittman
Age: 74 Snoops
1999as Mrs. Garrett
Age: 73 The Hughleys
1998as M'Dear
Age: 71 The Practice
1997as Virginia Reynolds
Age: 70 The Pretender
1996as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
Age: 69 Madman of the People
1994as Clara
Age: 68 ER
1994as Mrs. Wilson
Age: 68 Party of Five
1994as Nana
Age: 66 Batman: The Animated Series
1992as Judge (voice)
Age: 64 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990as Hattie Banks
Age: 64 Booker
1989as Ivy Seaton
Age: 61 Frank's Place
1987as Bertha Griffin-Lamour
Age: 61 Married... with Children
1987as Mourner
Age: 61 Downtown
1986as Delia Bonner
Age: 60 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985as Ruth
Age: 59 The Golden Girls
1985as Greta
Age: 59 227
1985
Age: 59 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Margo Webster
Age: 58 Highway to Heaven
1984
Age: 57 St. Elsewhere
1982as Admit Clerk
Age: 55 Dynasty
1981
Age: 54 Knots Landing
1979as Mrs. Adele Carter
Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976 Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Emily Barlow
Age: 46 The Waltons
1972
Age: 46 The Rookies
1972
Age: 44 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969as Aunt Cass
Age: 41 Mannix
1967
Age: 41 Judd, for the Defense
1967
Age: 39 Daniel Boone
1964as Elsie
Age: 35 My Three Sons
1960
Age: 31 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Ada
Age: 27