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Name
Cicely Tyson

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1924-12-19

Deathday
2021-01-28 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Cicely Louise Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress. In a career which spanned more than seven decades in film, television and theatre, she became known for her portrayal of strong African-American women. Tyson received various awards including three Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Tony Award, an Honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1991 Fried Green Tomatoes as Sipsey
1989 The Women of Brewster Place as Mrs. Browne
1997 Hoodlum as Stephanie St. Clair
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as Portia Copeland
1981 Bustin' Loose as Vivian Perry
1986 Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Muriel
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1998 Always Outnumbered as Luvia
2006 Idlewild as Mother Hopkins
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? as Ola
1979 The Concorde... Airport '79 as Elaine
1972 Sounder as Rebecca Morgan
2006 Madea's Family Reunion as Myrtle
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie as Gloria Dump
2011 The Help as Constantine Jefferson
1999 A Lesson Before Dying as Tante Lou
1976 The River Niger as Mattie Williams
1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Jane Pittman
2012 Alex Cross as Nana Mama
1976 The Blue Bird as Tylette
1977 A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as Sweets
2013 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia as Mama Kay
1960 A Morning For Jimmy as Sister
1997 Ms. Scrooge as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
2001 Jewel as Cathedral
1981 The Marva Collins Story as Marva Collins
1996 The Road to Galveston as Jordan Roosevelt
1966 A Man Called Adam as Claudia Ferguson
2014 The Trip to Bountiful as Mrs. Watts
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Castralia
1967 The Comedians as Marie Therese
1990 Heat Wave as Ruthana Richardson
1974 Free to Be… You and Me as Self
1990 The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Etta Mercer
1977 Wilma as Blanche Rudolph
2016 Showing Roots as Hattie
1986 Acceptable Risks as Janet Framm
2009 Relative Stranger as Pearl
1959 The Last Angry Man as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1971 Marriage: Year One as Emma Teasley
2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman as Myrtle
1992 Duplicates as Dr. Randolph
1985 Playing with Fire as Carol Phillips
2016 Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
1986 Intimate Encounters as Dr. Claire Dalton
2017 Last Flag Flying as Mrs. Hightower
2006 Fat Rose and Squeaky as Celine
1989 The Women of Brewster Place
1997 Blessed Assurance as Vesta Lotte Battle
2002 The Rosa Parks Story as Leona Edwards McCauley
1971 Neighbors as Vicky Gunther
1976 Just an Old Sweet Song as Priscilla Simmons
1956 Carib Gold as Dottie
2020 A Fall from Grace as Alice
1993 House of Secrets as Evangeline
1969 To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1982 Benny's Place as Odessa
2021 How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
2019 The Other Boys of Summer as Narrator
1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self
1976 Everybody Rides the Carousel as Self - Introducer
1998 Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes as Self
1992 When No One Would Listen as Sarah
1997 Riot as Maggie
1997 Bridge of Time as Guardian
2002 Remembering Roots as Self
1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Julie Harmon
2005 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer ( 1 episode )
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2019 Tamron Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Ondine Burdett
1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Darlene Knox
1969 The Bill Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Mildred Hermosa
1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Rachel Biggs
1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Alma Ross
1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Johnson
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Marva Collins
1963 East Side/West Side ( 26 episodes )
1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
1970 The Flip Wilson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1977 Roots ( 1 episode ) as Binta
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1994 Sweet Justice ( 22 episodes )
1995 The Outer Limits ( 2 episodes ) as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
1989 B.L. Stryker ( 1 episode )
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Lainey Harber
1969 The Courtship of Eddie's Father ( 1 episode ) as Betty Kelly
1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York ( 2 episodes ) as Emily Lincoln
1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
1978 King ( 3 episodes ) as Coretta Scott King
1998 Mama Flora's Family ( 2 episodes ) as Mama Flora
1978 A Woman Called Moses ( 2 episodes ) as Harriet Ross Tubman
1974 Dinah! ( 1 episode ) as Self
1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1967 Cowboy in Africa ( 1 episode ) as Julie Anderson
1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Cherish the Day ( 7 episodes ) as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2001 The Proud Family ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
2014 How to Get Away with Murder ( 10 episodes ) as Ophelia Harkness
2013 House of Cards ( 3 episodes ) as Doris Jones
2014 Madam Secretary ( 1 episode ) as Flo Avery
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All ( 2 episodes ) as Castalia
1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
1989 The Women of Brewster Place ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Browne
1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
2017 Steve ( 1 episode ) as Self

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