I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (movie)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (movie)

  • User score: 3.7
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Fielder Cook
  • Production companies: Tomorrow Entertainment
  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release date: 4/28/1979
  • Run time: 96 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

Role(s): Freeman

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Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Role(s): Vivian

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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Role(s): Grandmother Baxter

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Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Role(s): Bailey, Sr.

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Esther Rolle

Esther Rolle

Role(s): Momma

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