I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
Drama
TV Movie
1h 36m
A true story based on the early life of actress, professor and author Maya Angelou. The story traces her life from when she and her brother move in with her mother to the trauma of being raped as a little girl by one of her mother's boyfriends and the several years of silence that came after the attack.
Directed by:
Fielder Cook
21 total credits
Credits include: Patterns, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, Seize the Day, The Hideaways and The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Writer:
Maya Angelou 20 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies
Starring:
Ruby Dee
63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
18 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Escape from Alcatraz, The Station Agent, The Anderson Tapes and Across 110th Street
6 total credits
Credits include: I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Loveless, The Second Chance, Linda and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
17 total credits
Madge Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters on April 28 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, married young and had two sons. Madge worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. She left her two boys with their father and went to New York City to be an actress. She began modeling and later acted with the New York Shakespearean Festival and at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. In 1974, Madge made her film debut, playing Mrs. Scott in Conrack (1974). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as
21 total credits
Affectionately known for the role of outspoken maid Florida Evans on the hit 70s sitcoms "Maude" and "Good Times," African-American actress Esther Rolle proved to be as spirited and iron-willed off-camera as well. The gap-toothed, rather plumpish and plain-looking actress with the gravelly voice was born in Pompano Beach, Florida, the 10th child of 18 born to Caribbean farming immigrants. Her first important work came with the Negro Ensemble Company and over the years would earn a solid careworn
27 total credits
Credits include: Unlawful Entry, The New Centurions, Stay Hungry, Magnum, P.I. and The Mack
32 total credits
Credits include: The Star Wars Holiday Special, White Collar, Eve's Bayou, Carmen Jones and Paris Blues
22 total credits
Credits include: Girls Trip, The Hollars, Lottery Ticket, American Hero and Same Kind of Different as Me
3 total credits
Credits include: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Time After Time and Together for Days
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Directed by:
Fielder Cook 21 total credits
Credits include: Patterns, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, Seize the Day, The Hideaways and The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Writer:
Maya Angelou 20 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies
Starring:
Ruby Dee 63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
18 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Escape from Alcatraz, The Station Agent, The Anderson Tapes and Across 110th Street
6 total credits
Credits include: I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Loveless, The Second Chance, Linda and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
17 total credits
Madge Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters on April 28 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, married young and had two sons. Madge worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. She left her two boys with their father and went to New York City to be an actress. She began modeling and later acted with the New York Shakespearean Festival and at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. In 1974, Madge made her film debut, playing Mrs. Scott in Conrack (1974). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as
21 total credits
Affectionately known for the role of outspoken maid Florida Evans on the hit 70s sitcoms "Maude" and "Good Times," African-American actress Esther Rolle proved to be as spirited and iron-willed off-camera as well. The gap-toothed, rather plumpish and plain-looking actress with the gravelly voice was born in Pompano Beach, Florida, the 10th child of 18 born to Caribbean farming immigrants. Her first important work came with the Negro Ensemble Company and over the years would earn a solid careworn
27 total credits
Credits include: Unlawful Entry, The New Centurions, Stay Hungry, Magnum, P.I. and The Mack
32 total credits
Credits include: The Star Wars Holiday Special, White Collar, Eve's Bayou, Carmen Jones and Paris Blues
22 total credits
Credits include: Girls Trip, The Hollars, Lottery Ticket, American Hero and Same Kind of Different as Me
3 total credits
Credits include: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Time After Time and Together for Days
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