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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.
Virginia Capers. Actress: Howard the Duck. With plenty of heart and soul, singer/actress Virginia Capers served up loads of music in an entertainment career that spanned several decades.
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.
May 12, 2004 · 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.
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.
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.
Her best-known roles in films were as Mama Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972) and Nurse Sparrow in Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986). With plenty of talent, musical actress Capers made music her focus and passion for most of her career. Virginia Capers died of pneumonia on May 6, 2004, at age 78. To become an Actor or Actress
May 12, 2004 · Virginia Capers, who won a Tony for her performance as the mother in the musical “Raisin,” died May 6 in Los Angeles of pneumonia. She was 78. Born in Sumter, S.C., she was a graduate of...
May 9, 2004 · We have a full Biography, Photos, Theatre Credits, TV and Movies, Videos and more! Check out Virginia Capers's bio now including film and tv, as well as on stage.
May 6, 2004 · Award-winning African-American actress and singer Virginia Capers, ( b. Sumter, SC, September 22, 1925; d. Los Angeles, May 6, 2004) appeared in nearly fifty Hollywood films, both dramas and comedies, and an even greater number of television episodes over her long career.
