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Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September 22, 1925 – May 6, 2004) was an American actress. [1] 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.
May 9, 2004 · Latest News on Virginia Capers: Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast & Creative Team for RAISIN (Feb 22, 2022) Long Beach's International City Theatre Honored With 23 Robby Award Nominations...
Virginia Capers, an actress and singer who won a Tony Award in 1974 for her role in ''Raisin,'' the musical version of ''A Raisin in the Sun,'' died on Thursday in Los Angeles.
With plenty of heart and soul, singer/actress Virginia Capers served up loads of music in an entertainment career that spanned several decades. The benevolent, plus-sized talent was born Eliza Virginia Capers on September 22, 1925, in South Carolina and attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., before studying voice at Juilliard in Manhattan.
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 19, 2021 · Born in 1925, Virginia Capers is known for her Tony-winning performance as Lena Younger in 1974's Raisin, Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg's musical based on the play A Raisin...
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May 11, 2004 · Virginia Capers, who won a Tony award in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in the original version of the musical “Raisin,” has died. She was 78.
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Virginia Capers, Tony Award-winning star of "Raisin," and comic actor Jim J. Bullock of "Too Close For Comfort," are interviewed in this half-hour program wi...
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