Mavis Staples

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.

Acted Movies

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Director: Questlove

Cast: Abbey Lincoln, B.B. King, Chris Rock, David Ruffin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Tony Lawrence,

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, D. A. Pennebaker, Dave Van Ronk, Joan Baez, John F. Kennedy, Johnny Cash, Martin Luther King Jr., Mavis Staples, Pete Seeger,