Mavis Staples

ActingBorn 1939-07-10 (86)Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Mavis Staples

Known For

Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The Jewels

Women Who Rock

Prince: The Sacrifice Of Victor

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince

The Midnight Special

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

The Last Waltz

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

Lightning in a Bottle

Filmography

Gorillaz: House of Kong

Women Who Rock

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The Jewels

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

Dolly & Friends: The Making of a Soundtrack

The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris

The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Mavis!

Station to Station

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Rejoice and Shout

Soul Divas

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

Blues Divas

Lightning in a Bottle

Soundstage

Remembering Chicago Again

Prince: The Sacrifice Of Victor

New York Undercover

The Soul of Stax

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Prince: The Ryde Dyvine

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Graffiti Bridge

The Cosby Show

The Last Waltz

Let's Do It Again

The Klansman

The Midnight Special

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

The Mike Douglas Show

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson