Virginia Capers

Virginia Capers

Virginia Capers was born on September 22, 1925 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, is Actress, Soundtrack. 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 Manhattan. By happenstance, she was introduced to band leader Abe Lyman who hired her for his radio program and for on-the-road tours. In the late 50s, she had made it to Broadway with productions of "Jamaica" and "Saratoga." She would cap things off with a Tony Award for her Lena Younger matriarch in the 1974 musical "Raisin", the musical version of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). In 1979, she was given an opportunity to perform in a straight dramatic version of the Lorraine Hansberry play. A benevolent, heavyset African-American woman, Virginia worked diligently to fight off rigid Hollywood stereotypes and, on occasion, played judges, nurses and other professional types. Just the same, she found herself too often typecast, along with her peers Theresa Merritt and Mabel King, as poor, husband-less mothers or proud domestic help. Recognition on stage sparked a move to TV where she appeared generously from the 1960s on in both drama ("Daniel Boone," "Mannix," "Knot's Landing," "ER") and comedy ("Evening Shade," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "The Hughleys"). Her best known roles in films were as Diana Ross' mother, Mama Holliday, in Lady Sings the Blues (1972) and as Nurse Sparrow in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Virginia died of pneumonia in 2004 at age 78.
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As per our current Database, Virginia Capers has been died on May 6, 2004(2004-05-06) (aged 78)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S..

🎂 Virginia Capers - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Virginia Capers die, Virginia Capers was 78 years old.

Popular As	Virginia Capers
Occupation	Actress
Age	78 years old
Zodiac Sign	Libra
Born	September 22, 1925 ( Sumter, South Carolina, United States)
Birthday	September 22
Town/City	Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Nationality	United States

🌙 Zodiac

Virginia Capers’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Virginia Capers was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.

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Biography/Timeline

1957

She made her Broadway debut in the musical Jamaica in 1957 as a replacement for Adelaide Hall in the role of Grandma Obeah, taking over the role when Hall left the musical. Capers went on to appear in Saratoga and Raisin.

1970

Capers appeared in such films as Norwood (1970), The Great White Hope (1970), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), The North Avenue Irregulars (1979), The Toy (1982), Teachers (1984), Howard the Duck (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Beethoven's 2nd (1993) and What's Love Got to Do with It (1993).

2004

Capers died on May 6, 2004, of complications from pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, aged 78.