I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.
Acted in
Paul Benjamin
as Freeman
Diahann Carroll
as Vivian
Ruby Dee
as Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
as Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
as Momma
Madge Sinclair
as Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines
as Uncle Willie
Art Evans
as Principal
Constance Good
as Maya
John M. Driver II
as Bailey, Jr.
Georgia Allen
as Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson
as Mr. Donleavy
Tonea Stewart
as Lillie
Monica Kyles
as Julie
Rick Salassi
as Parmenian
Lewis Liddell
as Tommy
Sammy Liddell
as Ira
Sylvester Spann
as Tutti
Shaunery Stevens
as Policeman
Hosie Phillips
as Preacher
Myra Jo Arvin
as Red
George Cummins
as Sheriff Rogers
Torain
as Teacher
Darleen Taylor
as Girl #1
Laurie Waters
as Tall Girl
Mose Lee Williams
as Mrs. Fletcher #1
Frankie Mitchell
as Mrs. Fletcher #2
M.L. Breeland
as Mr. Peters
Angela Brown
as Kitty
Abbie Burns
as Mary
Johnny Lewis
as Picker #1
John L. Patterson
as Man
James Peters
as 2nd Man
Melvin Kennerly
as 3rd Man
Shirley Perkins
as Woman
John C. Roper Jr.
as White Man
Terri Ann Ross
as Small Girl
I.D. Thompson
as Black Man
Darryl Antony Williams
as Tommy Valdon