
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1979)
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Based 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.
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Paul Benjamin
Freeman

Diahann Carroll
Vivian

Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter

Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.

Esther Rolle
Momma

Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie

Art Evans
Principal
Constance Good
Maya
John M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney

J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy

Tonea Stewart
Lillie
Monica Kyles
Julie
Rick Salassi
Parmenian
Lewis Liddell
Tommy
Sammy Liddell
Ira
Sylvester Spann
Tutti
Shaunery Stevens
Policeman
Hosie Phillips
Preacher
Myra Jo Arvin
Red
George Cummins
Sheriff Rogers
Torain
Teacher
Darleen Taylor
Girl #1
Laurie Waters
Tall Girl
Mose Lee Williams
Mrs. Fletcher #1
Frankie Mitchell
Mrs. Fletcher #2
M.L. Breeland
Mr. Peters
Angela Brown
Kitty
Abbie Burns
Mary
Johnny Lewis
Picker #1
John L. Patterson
Man
James Peters
2nd Man
Melvin Kennerly
3rd Man
Shirley Perkins
Woman
John C. Roper Jr.
White Man
Terri Ann Ross
Small Girl
I.D. Thompson
Black Man
Darryl Antony Williams
Tommy Valdon
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