| LC control no. | no 00014491 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Capers, Virginia, 1925-2004 |
| Variant(s) | Capers, Eliza Virginia, 1925-2004 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19250922 |
| Death date | 20040509 |
| Place of birth | Sumter (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Lafayette Theatre Players Broadway Theatre Opera Company (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Actresses Singers |
| Found in | Lady sings the blues, c1998: credits (Virginia Capers) Internet movie database, Feb. 29, 2000 (Virginia Capers, née Eliza Virginia Capers, b. Sept. 22, 1925 in Sumter, SC) New York Times, May 12, 2004: p. 21 (d. May 6, 2004) African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Capers, Virginia; Eliza Virginia Capers; actress, singer; born 22 September 1925 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States; performed with Lyman Orchestra until 1947; worked with Lafayette Players and was associated with Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York; made her Broadway debut (1957-1959); first television appearance was in an episode of Have Gun-Will Travel (1961); won an Emmy Award (1973) for portraying a drug dealer in the episode "Out of the Night", Mannix series; returned to Broadway in Raisin, musical (1973-1975); won a Tony Award (1974) for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of the family matriarch, Mama Lena Younger; received the Paul Robeson Pioneer Award and the NAACP Image Award (1900s); died 09 May 2004 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
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