Acting
Mavis Staples
Also Known As: The Staple Singers
Birth Date
July 10, 1939
(87 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Biography
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers and also as a solo artist, and had noted collaborations with Prince. Staples was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014 • 1 episode
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015 • 1 episode
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - The Staple Singers
1961 • 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 • 1 episode
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1982 • 1 episode
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993 • 1 episode
The Cosby Show
Soloist
1984 • 1 episode
New York Undercover
1994 • 1 episode
The Midnight Special
Self
1972 • 2 episodes
Soundstage
Guest singer
2003 • 1 episode
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
2021
The Last Waltz
Self
1978
Mavis!
Self
2015
Soul Divas
Self
2007
Women Who Rock
Self
2022 • 2 episodes
The Klansman
The Staple Singers
1974
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
Self
2005 • 6 episodes
Station to Station
2014
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
2005