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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 .
Virginia Capers (1925-2004) Actress. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 0:42. Commitments (2001) 2 Videos. 13 Photos. With plenty of heart and soul, singer/actress Virginia Capers served up loads of music in an entertainment career that spanned several decades.
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....
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 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...
