Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September , â€" May , ) was an American
actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in
for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version of
Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.She made her Broadway
debut in the musical Jamaica in as a replacement for Adelaide Hall in
the role of Grandma Obeah, taking over the role when Hall left the
musical. Capers went on to appear in Saratoga and Raisin.Capers was a
familiar face to television audiences. In addition to a recurring role
on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Hattie Banks, she appeared in many
television shows, including Have Gun Will Travel, Dragnet, Marcus
Welby, M.D., My Three Sons, Mannix, The Waltons, Mork & Mindy, Highway
to Heaven, St. Elsewhere, Murder, She Wrote, Evening Shade, The Golden
Girls, Unsub, Booker, Married... with Children, The Practice and
ER.Capers appeared in such films as Norwood (), The Great White Hope
(), Lady Sings the Blues (), The North Avenue Irregulars (), The Toy
(), Teachers (), Howard the Duck (), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (),
Beethoven's nd () and What's Love Got to Do with It ().
actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in
for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version of
Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.She made her Broadway
debut in the musical Jamaica in as a replacement for Adelaide Hall in
the role of Grandma Obeah, taking over the role when Hall left the
musical. Capers went on to appear in Saratoga and Raisin.Capers was a
familiar face to television audiences. In addition to a recurring role
on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Hattie Banks, she appeared in many
television shows, including Have Gun Will Travel, Dragnet, Marcus
Welby, M.D., My Three Sons, Mannix, The Waltons, Mork & Mindy, Highway
to Heaven, St. Elsewhere, Murder, She Wrote, Evening Shade, The Golden
Girls, Unsub, Booker, Married... with Children, The Practice and
ER.Capers appeared in such films as Norwood (), The Great White Hope
(), Lady Sings the Blues (), The North Avenue Irregulars (), The Toy
(), Teachers (), Howard the Duck (), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (),
Beethoven's nd () and What's Love Got to Do with It ().
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