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Born | Eliza Capers September 22, 1925 Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | May 6, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 78)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1957–2003 |
Children | 1 |
Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September 22, 1925 – May 6, 2004) was an American actress.[1] She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version of Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.