Capers, Virginia, 1925-2004
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found: Lady sings the blues, c1998:credits (Virginia Capers)
found: Internet movie database, Feb. 29, 2000(Virginia Capers, née Eliza Virginia Capers, b. Sept. 22, 1925 in Sumter, SC)
found: New York Times, May 12, 2004:p. 21 (d. May 6, 2004)
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Capers, Virginia; Eliza Virginia Capers; actress, singer; born 22 September 1925 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States; performed with Lyman Orchestra until 1947; worked with Lafayette Players and was associated with Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York; made her Broadway debut (1957-1959); first television appearance was in an episode of Have Gun-Will Travel (1961); won an Emmy Award (1973) for portraying a drug dealer in the episode "Out of the Night", Mannix series; returned to Broadway in Raisin, musical (1973-1975); won a Tony Award (1974) for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of the family matriarch, Mama Lena Younger; received the Paul Robeson Pioneer Award and the NAACP Image Award (1900s); died 09 May 2004 in Los Angeles, California, United States)
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2000-03-01: new
2015-05-13: revised
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