Acting
Virginia Capers
1925 · Sumter, South Carolina, USA
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Florence Sparrow
Howard the Duck
Coramae
What's Love Got to Do with It
Choir Mistress
Beethoven's 2nd
Chemistry Teacher
The Toy
Ruby Simpson
Big Jake
Delilah
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Effie
Teachers
Landlady
There Was a Crooked Man...
Cook
Da Capo
Singing prisoner
Backfire
Maxine
The World's Greatest Athlete
Native Woman