Virginia Capers
Highest Rated: 89% Truman (1995)
Lowest Rated: 3% The Toy (1982)
Birthday: Sep 22, 1925
Birthplace: Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Virginia Capers was a Tony-Award-winning stage actress and singer best known for her performances in the Broadway musicals "Saratoga" and "Raisin" (based on the play "A Raisin in the Sun"). From the 1960s until 2002, Capers guest starred on numerous television shows and in several feature films as well. In film, she garnered a lot attention for her performance as singer Billie Holiday's mother in "Lady Sings the Blues" and for her roles in the cult blaxploitation films "Trouble Man" and "Five on the Black Hand Side." Ensuing Appearances in two Richard Pryor films, "The Toy" and "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling," ushered in an era of comedy for Capers that ultimately afforded her a spot as school nurse Florence Sparrow in the beloved John Hughes romp "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." The actress worked on many television shows, though viewers may remember her most fondly from her recurring role on the Will Smith sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and from "Frank's Place," starring Tim Reid. Capers died on May 6, 2004 at the age of 78.
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Virginia Capers
Filmography
Movies
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Commitments | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Love of Olivia | Ida Mae Boudreau (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad City Blues | Mrs. Green (Character) | - | 1999 |
89% |
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Truman | Elizabeth Moore (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | November Conspiracy | `'Mama'` (Character) | - | 1995 |
23% |
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Beethoven's 2nd | Miss Linda Anderson (Character) | $52.6M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Burning Bridges | Mamie (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pacific Palisades | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Off the Mark | Velma (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Backfire | Maxine (Character) | - | 1987 |
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The George McKenna Story | Margaret Wright (Character) | - | 1986 |
13% |
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Howard the Duck | Cora Mae (Character) | $15.0M | 1986 |
83% |
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Florence Sparrow, R.N. (Character) | $69.0M | 1986 |
50% |
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Emma Ray (Character) | $16.4M | 1986 |
61% |
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Teachers | Landlady (Character) | - | 1984 |
3% |
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The Toy | Ruby Simpson (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inmates: A Love Story | Agnes (Character) | - | 1981 |
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White Mama | Gorilla Sydney (Character) | - | 1980 |
78% |
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The North Avenue Irregulars | Cleo (Character) | - | 1979 |
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Five on the Black Hand Side | Ruby (Character) | - | 1973 |
71% |
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Lady Sings the Blues | Mama Holliday (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Mabel Cobb (Character) | - | 1972 |
75% |
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Big Jake | Delilah (Character) | - | 1971 |
43% |
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The Great White Hope | Sister Pearl (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Norwood | Ernestine (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Mrs. Wilson (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoops | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hughleys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990-1991 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courthouse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commish | Wilma Sands (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frank's Place | Bertha Griffin-Lamour (Character) | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Greta Wagner (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Margo Webster (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Highway to Heaven | Miss Hendrickson (Guest Star) | 1984 |
90% | No Score Yet | Mork & Mindy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Pearl (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Lawrence | Unknown (Guest Star) |