Cicely Tyson
Born on December 19th, 1924
New York City, New York, USA
Died on January 28th, 2021
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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Filmography How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Self (archival footage)
Details The Other Boys of Summer
2019
Narrator
Details Last Flag Flying
2017
Mrs. Hightower
Details Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Self
Details The Trip to Bountiful
2014
Mrs. Watts
Details And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Self (archive footage)
Details The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
Mama Kay
Details The Help
2011
Constantine Jefferson
Details Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Ola
Details Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
Celine
Details Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Myrtle
Details Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005
Myrtle
Details Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
Gloria Dump
Details The Rosa Parks Story
2002
Leona Edwards McCauley
Details A Lesson Before Dying
1999
Tante Lou
Details Always Outnumbered
1998
Luvia
Details Ms. Scrooge
1997
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Details Hoodlum
1997
Stephanie St. Clair
Details Blessed Assurance
1997
Vesta Lotte Battle
Details The Road to Galveston
1996
Jordan Roosevelt
Details Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
Castralia
Details House of Secrets
1993
Evangeline
Details Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
Sipsey
Details The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
Etta Mercer
Details Heat Wave
1990
Ruthana Richardson
Details The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Mrs. Browne
Details The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Character TBA
Details Intimate Encounters
1986
Dr. Claire Dalton
Details Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
Muriel
Details Acceptable Risks
1986
Janet Framm
Details Playing with Fire
1985
Carol Phillips
Details The Marva Collins Story
1981
Marva Collins
Details Bustin' Loose
1981
Vivian Perry
Details The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
Elaine
Details A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
Sweets
Details Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
Priscilla Simmons
Details The River Niger
1976
Mattie Williams
Details Everybody Rides the Carousel
1975
Self - Introducer
Details Free to Be… You and Me
1974
Self
Details The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
Jane Pittman
Details Marriage: Year One
1971
Emma Teasley
Details To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969
Character TBA
Details The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
Portia Copeland
Details The Comedians
1967
Marie Therese
Details A Man Called Adam
1966
Claudia Ferguson
Details A Morning For Jimmy
1960
Sister
Details The Last Angry Man
1959
Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
Details Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
Details 