Cicely Tyson

Actress

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cicely Tyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: December 19, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: January 28, 2021 (Age 96)

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Cicely Tyson Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Concorde... Airport '79 Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	4.6	Actress	Elaine	1979
Diary of a Mad Black Woman Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	5.9	Actress	Myrtle	2005
Last Flag Flying Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	7	Actress	Mrs. Hightower	2017
Fat Rose and Squeaky Movie	5	Actress	Celine	2006
Showing Roots Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	5.7	Actress	Hattie	2016
Because of Winn-Dixie Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.5	Actress	Gloria Dump	2005
The Help Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	8.2	Actress	Constantine Jefferson	2011
The Blue Bird Movie	5.2	Actress	Tylette	1976
Idlewild Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	6.4	Actress	Mother Hopkins	2006
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich Movie	6.6	Actress	Sweets	1977
Sounder Movie Available on 31 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Rebecca Morgan	1972
The River Niger Movie	5.8	Actress	Mattie Williams	1976
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Movie Available on 31 streaming services.	5.4	Actress	Mama Kay	2013
A Man Called Adam Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.4	Actress	Claudia Ferguson	1966
Carib Gold Movie	6.1	Actress	Dottie	1957
Fried Green Tomatoes Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	7.9	Actress	Sipsey	1991
Hoodlum Movie Available on 32 streaming services.	6.5	Actress	Stephanie St. Clair	1997
A Fall from Grace Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Actress	Alice	2020
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	7.8	Actress	Portia Copeland	1968
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Herself	2016
Alex Cross Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	5.3	Actress	Nana Mama	2012
Why Did I Get Married Too? Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	4.9	Actress	Ola	2010
Madea's Family Reunion Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	5.5	Actress	Myrtle	2006
The Comedians Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	6.2	Actress	Marie Therese	1967
Odds Against Tomorrow Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.5	Actress	Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)	1959
The Last Angry Man Movie	6.7	Actress	Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)	1959
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words Movie		Actress		1969
How It Feels to Be Free Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Self (archival footage)	2021
Bustin' Loose Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	6.2	Actress	Vivian Perry	1981
A Morning For Jimmy Movie		Actress	Sister
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	8	Actress	Marva Collins 1 Episode	1951-1978
East Side/West Side TV Show	7.5	Actress	26 Episodes	1963-1964
Sweet Justice TV Show	7	Actress	22 Episodes	1994-1995
The Situation Room TV Show	5.3	Actress	1 Episode	2005
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actress	Rachel Biggs 1 Episode	1955-1975
The Bill Cosby Show TV Show	5.9	Actress	Mildred Hermosa 1 Episode	1969-1971
Naked City TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8	Actress	Darlene Knox 1 Episode	1958-1963
Judd for the Defense TV Show	7.5	Actress	1 Episode	1967-1969
AFI Life Achievement Award TV Show	5.6	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1973
The Women of Brewster Place Limited Series	7.5	Actress	Mrs. Browne	1989-1989
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV Show Available on 20 streaming services.	8.2	Actress	Ondine Burdett 1 Episode	1999
Live with Kelly and Mark TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	4.8	Actress	Self - Guest 1 Episode	1988
Tamron Hall TV Show	4.5	Actress	Self - Guest 1 Episode	2019-2024
Saturday Night Live TV Show Available on 18 streaming services.	7.8	Actress	Self - Host / Wilma Bass / Various 1 Episode	1975
How to Get Away with Murder TV Show Available on 11 streaming services.	8	Actress	Ophelia Harkness 10 Episodes	2014-2020
House of Cards TV Show Available on 13 streaming services.	8.4	Actress	Doris Jones 3 Episodes	2013-2018
Madam Secretary TV Show Available on 11 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Flo Avery 1 Episode	2014-2019
The F.B.I. TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Lainey Harber 1 Episode	1965-1974
The F.B.I. TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Julie Harmon 1 Episode	1965-1974
Emergency! TV Show	7.8	Actress	Mrs. Johnson 1 Episode	1972-1979
Flip TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1970-1974
B.L. Stryker TV Show	5.9	Actress	1 Episode	1989-1990
Cherish the Day TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	6.6	Actress	Miss Luma Lee Langston 7 Episodes	2020
A Woman Called Moses Limited Series Available on 6 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Harriet Ross Tubman 2 Episodes	1978-1978
Tony Awards TV Show		Actress	Self - Co-Host 1 Episode	1956
Tony Awards TV Show		Actress	Self - Host 1 Episode	1956
The Outer Limits TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	7.8	Actress	Justice Gretchen Parkhurst 2 Episodes	1995-2002
The Oscars TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actress	Self 2 Episodes	1953
The Courtship of Eddie's Father TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	7.1	Actress	Betty Kelly 1 Episode	1969-1972
Dinah! TV Show	6.9	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1974-1980
Mission: Impossible TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	7.7	Actress	Alma Ross 1 Episode	1966-1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	8.3	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1962-1992
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actress	Self - Co-Host 5 Episodes	1961-1982
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actress	Self 2 Episodes	1961-1982
Cowboy in Africa TV Show	7.2	Actress	Julie Anderson 1 Episode	1967-1968
The Proud Family TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Actress	Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice) 1 Episode	2001-2005
Saturday Night Live TV Show Available on 18 streaming services.	7.8	Actress	Self - Host 1 Episode	1975
The Other Boys of Summer Short Film		Actress	Narrator	2019
Ms. Scrooge Movie	5.2	Actress	Ms. Ebenita Scrooge	1997
The Road to Galveston Movie	7	Actress	Jordan Roosevelt	1996
The Price of Heaven Movie	6	Actress	Vesta Lotte Battle	1997
The Trip to Bountiful Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Actress	Mrs. Watts	2014
Wilma Movie	5.9	Actress	Blanche Rudolph	1977
House of Secrets Movie	5.2	Actress	Evangeline	1993
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story Movie	6.3	Actress	Muriel	1986
Jewel Movie	6.2	Actress	Cathedral	2001
The Marva Collins Story Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	7.5	Actress	Marva Collins	1981
The Rosa Parks Story Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	7.3	Actress	Leona Edwards McCauley	2002
Neighbors Movie	7.2	Actress		1971
Heat Wave Movie	6.6	Actress	Ruthana Richardson	1990
A Lesson Before Dying Movie	6.5	Actress	Tante Lou	1999
Just an Old Sweet Song Movie	7.7	Actress	Priscilla Simmons	1976
Relative Stranger Movie	6.3	Actress	Pearl	2009
Playing with Fire Movie	6.5	Actress	Carol Phillips	1985
Intimate Encounters Movie	5.4	Actress	Dr. Claire Dalton	1986
Benny's Place Movie	6.1	Actress	Odessa	1982
Duplicates Movie	5.1	Actress	Dr. Randolph	1992
Marriage: Year One Movie	7	Actress	Emma Teasley	1971
Always Outnumbered Movie	7.4	Actress	Luvia	1998
Acceptable Risks Movie	5.6	Actress	Janet Framm	1986
And the Oscar Goes to... Movie	7	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2014
The Kid Who Loved Christmas Movie	6.1	Actress	Etta Mercer	1990
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	7.9	Actress	Jane Pittman	1974
Free to Be... You & Me Movie	7.6	Actress	Self	1974
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Limited Series	6.8	Actress	Castalia 2 Episodes	1994-1994
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Limited Series Available on 9 streaming services.	5.5	Actress	Emily Lincoln 2 Episodes	1999-1999
King Limited Series	7.8	Actress	Coretta Scott King 3 Episodes	1978-1978
Mama Flora's Family Limited Series	7.5	Actress	Mama Flora 2 Episodes	1998-1998
Night of 100 Stars TV Special	6.9	Actress	Self	1982
Roots Limited Series Available on 10 streaming services.	8.2	Actress	Binta 1 Episode	1977-1977
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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