Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 10, 1939 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- The Staple Singers
Mavis Staples
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.
Known For
Acting
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
7.6
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
2019
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.9
Mavis!
2015
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.7
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
7.1
New York Undercover
1994
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.1
Graffiti Bridge
1990
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
7.6
The Last Waltz
1978
5.6
The Klansman
1974
