Cicely Tyson

Actor Dec 19 (died age 96) New York City, New York, USA 1944–2021 (77 year career)

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

Known For

Film

The Help

Constantine Jefferson

Film

Fried Green Tomatoes

Sipsey

Film

A Fall from Grace

Alice

Film

Last Flag Flying

Mrs. Hightower

Film

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Mama Kay

Film

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Myrtle

Film

Because of Winn-Dixie

Gloria Dump

Film

Hoodlum

Stephanie St. Clair

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (63)

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

as Self (archival footage)

A Fall from Grace

2020

as Alice

7.0

The Other Boys of Summer

2019

as Narrator

Last Flag Flying

as Mrs. Hightower

Showing Roots

as Hattie

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016

as Self

8.0

The Trip to Bountiful

2014

as Mrs. Watts

6.0

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

as Mama Kay

Alex Cross

as Nana Mama

The Help

as Constantine Jefferson

8.2

Why Did I Get Married Too?

as Ola

Relative Stranger

as Pearl

Madea's Family Reunion

as Myrtle

Idlewild

as Mother Hopkins

Fat Rose and Squeaky

as Celine

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005

as Gloria Dump

6.5

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

2005

as Myrtle

6.6

The Rosa Parks Story

2002

as Leona Edwards McCauley

7.0

Jewel

2001

as Cathedral

5.9

A Lesson Before Dying

1999

as Tante Lou

4.8

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

1998

as Self

Always Outnumbered

1998

as Luvia

6.3

Hoodlum

1997

as Stephanie St. Clair

6.4

Ms. Scrooge

1997

as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge

Riot

as Maggie

Blessed Assurance

as Vesta Lotte Battle

The Road to Galveston

1996

as Jordan Roosevelt

3.0

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

as Castralia

House of Secrets

as Evangeline

Duplicates

as Dr. Randolph

When No One Would Listen

1992

as Sarah

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

as Sipsey

7.7

Heat Wave

1990

as Ruthana Richardson

6.2

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

1990

as Etta Mercer

6.6

The Women of Brewster Place

Intimate Encounters

as Dr. Claire Dalton

Acceptable Risks

as Janet Framm

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986

as Muriel

Playing with Fire

as Carol Phillips

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Benny's Place

as Odessa

Bustin' Loose

as Vivian Perry

The Marva Collins Story

1981

as Marva Collins

7.4

The Concorde... Airport '79

as Elaine

Wilma

as Blanche Rudolph

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

as Sweets

The River Niger

as Mattie Williams

The Blue Bird

as Tylette

Just an Old Sweet Song

1976

as Priscilla Simmons

7.0

Everybody Rides the Carousel

1976

as Self - Introducer

5.8

Free to Be… You and Me

1974

as Self

6.7

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

as Jane Pittman

Sounder

as Rebecca Morgan

Neighbors

Marriage: Year One

as Emma Teasley

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

1969

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

as Portia Copeland

The Comedians

as Marie Therese

A Man Called Adam

as Claudia Ferguson

A Morning For Jimmy

as Sister

The Last Angry Man

1959

as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)

6.9

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)

6.8

Carib Gold

1956

as Dottie

4.0

Television (43)

Cherish the Day

2020

as Miss Luma Lee Langston

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Madam Secretary

as Flo Avery

How to Get Away with Murder

as Ophelia Harkness

House of Cards

as Doris Jones

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

2005

3.0

The Proud Family

2001

as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)

7.7

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Ondine Burdett

7.9

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

as Emily Lincoln

Mama Flora's Family

as Mama Flora

The Outer Limits

as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst

7.7

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Abigail Peabody-Jackson

7.2

Sweet Justice

1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

as Castalia

B.L. Stryker

The Women of Brewster Place

1989

as Mrs. Browne

5.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.4

A Woman Called Moses

1978

as Harriet Ross Tubman

7.0

King

1978

as Coretta Scott King

Roots

as Binta

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

Dinah!

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Emergency!

as Mrs. Johnson

Film '72

as Self

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Betty Kelly

The Bill Cosby Show

as Mildred Hermosa

Judd for the Defense

Cowboy in Africa

as Julie Anderson

Mission: Impossible

as Alma Ross

The F.B.I.

as Julie Harmon

East Side/West Side

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Naked City

as Darlene Knox

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host

Gunsmoke

as Rachel Biggs

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Marva Collins

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter