Eliza 'Virginia' Capers (September 22, 1925 - May 6, 2004) was an American actress best known for Howard the Duck (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Big Jake (1971).
She had one child.
Capers died in 2004 at the age of 78 from complications of pneumonia.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1962: House Of Women as Sarah
- 1967: The Ride To Hangmans Tree as Teresa Moreno (Uncredited Role)
- 1969: The Lost Man as Theresa
- 1970: There Was a Crooked Man... as Cook (uncredited)
- 1970: Norwood as Ernestine
- 1970: The Great White Hope as Sister Pearl
- 1971: Support Your Local Gunfighter as Effie
- 1971: Big Jake as Delilah
- 1971: The Late Liz as Martha
- 1972: Lady Sings The Blues as Mama Holiday
- 1972: Trouble Man as Macy
- 1972: The Judge And Jake Wyler as Mabel Cobb
- 1973: The World's Greatest Athlete as Native Woman
- 1973: Five On The Black Hand Side as Ruby
- 1979: The North Avenue Irregulars as Cleo
- 1980: White Mama as Gorilla Sydney
- 1980: Willow B Women In Prison as Eloise Baker
- 1980: Inmates A Love Story as Agnes
- 1982: The Toy as Ruby Simpson
- 1984: Teachers as Landlady
- 1985: Da Capo as Singing Prisoner
- 1986: Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling as Emma Ray
- 1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Florence Sparrow
- 1986: Howard the Duck as Cora Mae
- 1986: The George Mc Kenna Story as Margaret Wright
- 1987: Backfire as Maxine
- 1987: Off The Mark as Velma
- 1990: Pacific Palisades as Shirley
- 1990: Burning Bridges as Mamie
- 1990: Original Intent as Lily Reid
- 1990: When You Remember Me as Nurse Blandings
- 1990: Donor as Mrs. Mantley
- 1993: Whats Love Got To Do With It as Choir Mistress
- 1993: Beethovens2nd as Miss Linda Anderson
- 1995: Truman as Elizabeth Moore
- 1995: The Feminine Touch as 'Mama'
- 1995: Raven Hawk as Dr. Helen Harris
- 1995: A Last Goodbye as The Principal
- 1999: Bad City Blues as Mrs. Green
- 2001: For Love Of Olivia as Ida Mae Bourdreau
Television Roles
- 1961: Have Gun – Will Travel as Ada
- 1962-1963: The Untouchables as June (2 episodes)
- 1963: Breaking Point as Esther
- 1966: Daniel Boone as Elsie
- 1967: Insight as Sarah
- 1968: Death Valley Days as Jenny Prentiss
- 1968: Judd For The Defense as Millie Enfield
- 1968-1969: Julia as Mrs. Dearing/Mrs. Gibson (4 episodes)
- 1969: Marcus Welby, M.D. as Aunt Cass
- 1970: My Three Sons as Nurse #3
- 1970: Dragnet as Mrs. Florence Bell
- 1970: Brackens World as Mrs. Andrews
- 1970-1973: Mannix as Pearl/Mrs. Frost (2 episodes)
- 1971: Longstreet as Nurse
- 1972-1973: The Rookies as Mrs. Culpepper/Mrs. Gibson (2 episodes)
- 1976: The Waltons as Vesper Oakes
- 1976: Jigsaw John as Leona
- 1979: ABC Afterschool Specials as Judge Atherton
- 1979-1981: Quincy, M.E. as Allison's Neighbor/Dainty June/Emily Barlow (3 episodes)
- 1980: Mork & Mindy as Nurse Tula
- 1982: Star Of The Family as Alberta
- 1982: Romance Theatre as Mama
- 1983: Amandas as Mrs. Wilson
- 1984: Dynasty as Aunt Bessie
- 1984: Highway to Heaven as Miss Hendricksen
- 1984: St. Elsewhere as Admit Clerk
- 1985: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ruth
- 1986: Murder, She Wrote as Margo Webster
- 1986: 227 as Aunt Gwendolyn
- 1986: Starman as Nurse Corona
- 1986-1987: Downtown as Delia Bonner
- 1987-1988: Franks Place as Bertha Griffin-Lamour
- 1988: The Golden Girls as Greta Wagner
- 1989: Unsub as Glenona
- 1989: Booker as Ivy Seaton
- 1990: Gabriels Fire as Annie
- 1990-1992: Evening Shade as Francis Blue (4 episodes)
- 1990-1995: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Hattie Banks (6 episodes)
- 1991: Good Grief as Judge Connie
- 1991: The Trials Of Rosie O Neill as Kate Langston
- 1992: Batman: The Animated Series as Judge
- 1993: Knots Landing as Mrs. Adele Carter
- 1993: Picket Fences as Judge Campbell
- 1994: The Commish as Wilma Sands
- 1995: Madman Of The People as Clara
- 1995: Courthouse as Eddie's Mother
- 1996: Married... with Children as Mourner #2
- 1997: Party of Five as Nana
- 1997: The Practice as Virginia Reynolds
- 1997: The Pretender as Mr. Herbert's Former Assistant
- 1998-1999: The Hughleys as M'Dear (3 episodes)
- 1999: Poltergeist: The Legacy as Grandma Rose
- 1999: Snoops as Mrs. Garrett
- 2000: Popular as Nurse Pittman
- 2000: The District as Crazy Mary
- 2001: ER as Mrs. Wilson
- 2002: For Your Love as Cornelia
Video Game Roles
- 1993: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers as Narrator
Shorts
- 1979: Featherstones Nest as Bella Beauchamp
- 1994: Everybody Can Float as Nevel's Mother
- 2002: Move as Lady in 2002
