Virginia Capers

Personal Info

Birth Date: September 22, 1925
Birth Location: Sumter, SC
Death Date: May 6, 2004
Death Location: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of Death: complications from pneumonia

Stage & Film

Performance

Raisin
National Tour; 1975
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  • Lena "Mama" Younger
Raisin
Original Broadway Production; 1973
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  • Lena
Raisin
World Premiere; 1973
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  • Lena Younger (Mama)
Show Boat
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Production; 1967
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  • Queenie
Show Boat
Regional Production; 1964
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  • Queenie
Kiss Me, Kate
California Tour; 1964
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  • Hattie
Finian's Rainbow
Music Fair Circuit Production; 1963
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  • Virginia
Show Boat
West Coast Tour; 1960
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  • Queenie
Saratoga
Original Broadway Production; 1959
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  • The Charwoman
  • Ensemble
Porgy and Bess
Stock Tour; 1958
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  • Ruby
Jamaica
Original Broadway Production; 1957
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  • Grandma Obeah (understudy)

Commercial Audio

Performance

Raisin
Original Broadway Cast; 1973
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  • Lena
Saratoga
Original Broadway Cast; 1959
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  • The Charwoman
  • Ensemble

Private Audio

Performance

Raisin
Original Broadway Cast (Preview); 1973
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  • Lena

Notes

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Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

Birth Date: September 22, 1925
Birth Location: Sumter, SC
Death Date: May 6, 2004
Death Location: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of Death: complications from pneumonia

Other Names

  • No additional names listed.

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • No spouses or partners listed.

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.