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Great Performances
1971 · 6.1
Self
American Experience
1988 · 6.5
Self - Author
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Clarice Mitchell
American Masters
1986 · 7.0
Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · 4.5
Self (archive footage)
Moesha
1996 · 6.9
Maya Angelou
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Roots
1977 · 7.4
Nyo Boto
HARDtalk
1997 · 8.7
Actor
Iconoclasts
2005 · 7.5
Self
The Nineties
2017 · 6.9
Self (archive footage)
Poetic Justice
1993 · 6.7
Aunt June
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993 · 7.0
Self - Special Guest
Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · 6.4
May
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · 6.4
Anna
The Richard Pryor Show
1977 · 6.4
Actor
The Early Show
1999 · 6.3
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · 4.1
Self
Get on the Bus
1996 · 6.4
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025 · 7.2
Self (archive footage)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
Conjure woman
Good Hair
2009 · 6.5
Self
America Beyond the Color Line
2004 · 7.5
Self
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011 · 6.3
Actor
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · 6.5
Self
One Night in Vegas
2010 · 6.3
Self
Wild & Free
2024
Thanks
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 · 8.0
Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · 7.0
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996 · 6.0
Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · 7.0
Self (archive footage)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · 7.1
Self
Porgy and Bess
1959 · 6.3
Dancer
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
1987
Self
The Runaway
2000 · 7.2
Conjure Woman
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008 · 7.0
Self
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · 4.3
Writer, Novel
America's Dream
1996 · 6.7
Story
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2015
Self
The Real Malcolm X
1992 · 8.0
Actor
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977 · 7.2
Willie's Wife, Additional Writing
Down in the Delta
1998 · 6.3
Director
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Self
There Are No Children Here
1993 · 7.0
Lelia Mae
Sister, Sister
1982 · 7.5
Writer, Producer
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 · 9.0
Self
Calypso Heat Wave
1957 · 9.0
Actor
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
Self
Perfect Moment
1997 · 9.0
Self
Daedalus
2024 · 10.0
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
The Black Candle
2009 · 5.8
Self - Narrator, Poem
Angelou on Burns
1996
Actor
Papa Césaire
2009 · 10.0
Self
Why Is We Americans?
2022
Self
Integration Report 1
1960 · 7.6
Music
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
Self
The Power of the Heart
2014 · 6.0
Self
Georgia, Georgia
1972 · 6.0
Music, Writer
The Tapestry
1976 · 6.0
Director
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
1998
Narrator
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
1982
Actor
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989 · 3.0
Self
All Day Long
1975
Director
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
1992
Anchor
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024 · 2.0
Self (archive footage)
Words Are Things
2018
Narrator (voice)