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.
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Acting History
2021
How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
2020Cherish the Day as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2020A Fall from Grace as Alice
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2019The Other Boys of Summer as Narrator
2017Last Flag Flying as Mrs. Hightower
2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
2016Showing Roots as Hattie
2014How to Get Away with Murder as Ophelia Harkness
2014Madam Secretary as Flo Avery
2014The Trip to Bountiful as Mrs. Watts
2013House of Cards as Doris Jones
2013The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia as Mama Kay
2012Alex Cross as Nana Mama
2011The Help as Constantine Jefferson
2010Why Did I Get Married Too? as Ola
2009Relative Stranger as Pearl
2006Idlewild as Mother Hopkins
2006Fat Rose and Squeaky as Celine
2006Madea's Family Reunion as Myrtle
2005The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005Diary of a Mad Black Woman as Myrtle
2005Because of Winn-Dixie as Gloria Dump
2002The Rosa Parks Story as Leona Edwards McCauley
2001The Proud Family as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
2001Jewel as Cathedral
1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New York as Emily Lincoln
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ondine Burdett
1999A Lesson Before Dying as Tante Lou
1998Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes as Self
1998Mama Flora's Family as Mama Flora
1998Always Outnumbered as Luvia
1997Ms. Scrooge as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997Hoodlum as Stephanie St. Clair
1997Blessed Assurance as Vesta Lotte Battle
1996The Road to Galveston as Jordan Roosevelt
1995The Outer Limits as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
1994Touched by an Angel as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1994Sweet Justice
1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Castralia
1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Castalia
1993House of Secrets as Evangeline
1992Duplicates as Dr. Randolph
1991Fried Green Tomatoes as Sipsey
1990The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Etta Mercer
1990Heat Wave as Ruthana Richardson
1989The Women of Brewster Place as Mrs. Browne
1989The Women of Brewster Place
1989The Women of Brewster Place as Mrs. Browne
1989B.L. Stryker
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1986Intimate Encounters as Dr. Claire Dalton
1986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Muriel
1986Acceptable Risks as Janet Framm
1985Playing with Fire as Carol Phillips
1982Benny's Place as Odessa
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981The Marva Collins Story as Marva Collins
1981Bustin' Loose as Vivian Perry
1979The Concorde... Airport '79 as Elaine
1978A Woman Called Moses as Harriet Ross Tubman
1978King as Coretta Scott King
1977Wilma as Blanche Rudolph
1977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as Sweets
1977Roots as Binta
1976Just an Old Sweet Song as Priscilla Simmons
1976Everybody Rides the Carousel as Self - Introducer
1976The Blue Bird as Tylette
1976The River Niger as Mattie Williams
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1974Dinah! as Self
1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Jane Pittman
1974Free to Be… You and Me as Self
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972Sounder as Rebecca Morgan
1972Emergency! as Mrs. Johnson
1971Neighbors
1971Marriage: Year One as Emma Teasley
1970The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1969The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Betty Kelly
1969The Bill Cosby Show as Mildred Hermosa
1969To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1968The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as Portia Copeland
1967The Comedians as Marie Therese
1967Cowboy in Africa as Julie Anderson
1967Judd for the Defense
1966Mission: Impossible as Alma Ross
1966A Man Called Adam as Claudia Ferguson
1965The F.B.I. as Julie Harmon
1965The F.B.I. as Lainey Harber
1963East Side/West Side
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1960A Morning For Jimmy as Sister
1959The Last Angry Man as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1959Odds Against Tomorrow as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1958Naked City as Darlene Knox
1956Carib Gold as Dottie
1956Tony Awards as Self - Host
1956Tony Awards as Self - Co-Host
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1955Gunsmoke as Rachel Biggs
1953The Oscars as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Marva Collins
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter