Actor
Cicely Tyson
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
Acting
2021 -- How It Feels to Be Free | Self (archival footage)
2020 -- A Fall from Grace | Alice
2019 -- The Other Boys of Summer | Narrator
2017 -- Last Flag Flying | Mrs. Hightower
2016 -- Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self
2016 -- Showing Roots | Hattie
2014 -- The Trip to Bountiful | Mrs. Watts
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2013 -- The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | Mama Kay
2012 -- Alex Cross | Nana Mama
2011 -- The Help | Constantine Jefferson
2010 -- Why Did I Get Married Too? | Ola
2009 -- Relative Stranger | Pearl
2006 -- Idlewild | Mother Hopkins
2006 -- Fat Rose and Squeaky | Celine
2006 -- Madea's Family Reunion | Myrtle
2005 -- Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Myrtle
2005 -- Because of Winn-Dixie | Gloria Dump
2002 -- The Rosa Parks Story | Leona Edwards McCauley
2001 -- Jewel | Cathedral
1999 -- A Lesson Before Dying | Tante Lou
1998 -- Always Outnumbered | Luvia
1997 -- Ms. Scrooge | Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997 -- Hoodlum | Stephanie St. Clair
1997 -- Blessed Assurance | Vesta Lotte Battle
1996 -- The Road to Galveston | Jordan Roosevelt
1994 -- Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Castralia
1993 -- House of Secrets | Evangeline
1992 -- Duplicates | Dr. Randolph
1991 -- Fried Green Tomatoes | Sipsey
1990 -- The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Etta Mercer
1990 -- Heat Wave | Ruthana Richardson
1989 -- The Women of Brewster Place |
1989 -- The Women of Brewster Place | Mrs. Browne
1986 -- Intimate Encounters | Dr. Claire Dalton
1986 -- Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Muriel
1986 -- Acceptable Risks | Janet Framm
1985 -- Playing with Fire | Carol Phillips
1982 -- Benny's Place | Odessa
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1981 -- The Marva Collins Story | Marva Collins
1981 -- Bustin' Loose | Vivian Perry
1979 -- The Concorde... Airport '79 | Elaine
1977 -- Wilma | Blanche Rudolph
1977 -- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Sweets
1976 -- Just an Old Sweet Song | Priscilla Simmons
1976 -- The Blue Bird | Tylette
1976 -- The River Niger | Mattie Williams
1974 -- Free to Be… You and Me | Self
1974 -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Jane Pittman
1972 -- Sounder | Rebecca Morgan
1971 -- Neighbors |
1971 -- Marriage: Year One | Emma Teasley
1969 -- To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words |
1968 -- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Portia Copeland
1967 -- The Comedians | Marie Therese
1966 -- A Man Called Adam | Claudia Ferguson
1960 -- A Morning For Jimmy | Sister
1959 -- The Last Angry Man | Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1959 -- Odds Against Tomorrow | Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1957 -- Carib Gold | Dottie
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