Cicely Tyson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1924-12-19

Died: 2021-01-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Carib Gold	Dottie	40
2	1959	Odds Against Tomorrow	Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)	67
3	1959	The Last Angry Man	Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)	69
4	1960	A Morning For Jimmy	Sister	0
5	1966	A Man Called Adam	Claudia Ferguson	64
6	1967	The Comedians	Marie Therese	61
7	1968	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter	Portia Copeland	76
8	1969	To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words		0
9	1971	Marriage: Year One	Emma Teasley	60
10	1971	Neighbors		0
11	1972	Sounder	Rebecca Morgan	74
12	1974	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Jane Pittman	64
13	1974	Free to Be… You and Me	Self	64
14	1976	The River Niger	Mattie Williams	73
15	1976	The Blue Bird	Tylette	53
16	1976	Just an Old Sweet Song	Priscilla Simmons	0
17	1977	A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich	Sweets	59
18	1977	Wilma	Blanche Rudolph	63
19	1979	The Concorde... Airport '79	Elaine	47
20	1981	Bustin' Loose	Vivian Perry	60
21	1981	The Marva Collins Story	Marva Collins	74
22	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	65
23	1982	Benny's Place	Odessa	100
24	1985	Playing with Fire	Carol Phillips	60
25	1986	Acceptable Risks	Janet Framm	50
26	1986	Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story	Muriel	0
27	1986	Intimate Encounters	Dr. Claire Dalton	35
28	1989	The Women of Brewster Place	Mrs. Browne	69
29	1989	The Women of Brewster Place		69
30	1990	Heat Wave	Ruthana Richardson	62
31	1990	The Kid Who Loved Christmas	Etta Mercer	66
32	1991	Fried Green Tomatoes	Sipsey	77
33	1992	Duplicates	Dr. Randolph	59
34	1993	House of Secrets	Evangeline	30
35	1994	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Castralia	54
36	1996	The Road to Galveston	Jordan Roosevelt	50
37	1997	Blessed Assurance	Vesta Lotte Battle	0
38	1997	Hoodlum	Stephanie St. Clair	64
39	1997	Ms. Scrooge	Ms. Ebenita Scrooge	52
40	1998	Always Outnumbered	Luvia	65
41	1999	A Lesson Before Dying	Tante Lou	52
42	2001	Jewel	Cathedral	50
43	2002	The Rosa Parks Story	Leona Edwards McCauley	72
44	2005	Because of Winn-Dixie	Gloria Dump	63
45	2005	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Myrtle	65
46	2006	Madea's Family Reunion	Myrtle	63
47	2006	Fat Rose and Squeaky	Celine	40
48	2006	Idlewild	Mother Hopkins	57
49	2009	Relative Stranger	Pearl	58
50	2010	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Ola	65
51	2011	The Help	Constantine Jefferson	82
52	2012	Alex Cross	Nana Mama	52
53	2013	The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia	Mama Kay	58
54	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
55	2014	The Trip to Bountiful	Mrs. Watts	59
56	2016	Showing Roots	Hattie	65
57	2016	Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise	Self	80
58	2017	Last Flag Flying	Mrs. Hightower	68
59	2019	The Other Boys of Summer	Narrator	0
60	2020	A Fall from Grace	Alice	70
61	2021	How It Feels to Be Free	Self (archival footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Marva Collins	87
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	69
4	1955	Gunsmoke	Rachel Biggs	66
5	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	46
6	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Co-Host	46
7	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
8	1958	Naked City	Darlene Knox	55
9	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
10	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
11	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
12	1963	East Side/West Side		78
13	1965	The F.B.I.	Julie Harmon	55
14	1965	The F.B.I.	Lainey Harber	55
15	1966	Mission: Impossible	Alma Ross	76
16	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
17	1967	Cowboy in Africa	Julie Anderson	50
18	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Mildred Hermosa	52
19	1969	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Betty Kelly	60
20	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
21	1972	Emergency!	Mrs. Johnson	78
22	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
23	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
24	1975	People's Choice Awards	Self - Presenter	88
25	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
26	1977	Roots	Binta	74
27	1978	King	Coretta Scott King	68
28	1978	A Woman Called Moses	Harriet Ross Tubman	70
29	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	54
30	1989	B.L. Stryker		60
31	1994	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Castalia	50
32	1994	Sweet Justice		0
33	1994	Touched by an Angel	Abigail Peabody-Jackson	72
34	1995	The Outer Limits	Justice Gretchen Parkhurst	77
35	1998	Mama Flora's Family	Mama Flora	73
36	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Ondine Burdett	79
37	1999	Aftershock: Earthquake in New York	Emily Lincoln	70
38	2001	The Proud Family	Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)	78
39	2005	The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer		30
40	2013	House of Cards	Doris Jones	80
41	2014	Madam Secretary	Flo Avery	70
42	2014	How to Get Away with Murder	Ophelia Harkness	78
43	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
44	2020	Cherish the Day	Miss Luma Lee Langston	74