Mavis Staples
Actor
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.
Filmography
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice) 2021
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self 2005
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
as Self 2019
Graffiti Bridge
as Melody Cool 1990
The Klansman
as The Staple Singers 1974
Mavis!
as Self 2015
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
as Self 2020
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self 2004
Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The Jewels
as Self 2020
Rejoice and Shout
2011
Mavis Staples & Nick Lowe - AVO Sessions 2012
as Voice 2012
Blues Divas
as Self 2005
Prince: The Sacrifice Of Victor
1994
The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
as Self 2016
The Soul of Stax
as Self 1994
Soul Divas
as Self 2007