I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

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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  • Release Date: 1979-04-28
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Fielder Cook

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Cast

  • 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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