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May 11, 2004 · May 11, 2004 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. 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...
May 12, 2004 · 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 12, 2004 · Virginia Capers. Tony-winning thesp. By Alys Marshall. 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...
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.
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.
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.
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 in the Sun...