Cicely Tyson
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1924-12-19
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Popularity: 0.9
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 Wikipedia.
Known For Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Steve
2017
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Tamron Hall
2019
House of Cards
2013
Mission: Impossible
1966
Madam Secretary
2014
Emergency!
1972
Tony Awards
1956
The Outer Limits
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
The F.B.I.
1965
Naked City
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
The Oscars
1953
Dinah!
1974
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Proud Family
2001
The Help
2011
Judd, for the Defense
1967No Photo
Film '72
1971
Roots
1977
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
B.L. Stryker
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hoodlum
1997
Alex Cross
2012
East Side/West Side
1963
King
1978
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
A Woman Called Moses
1978No Photo
Sweet Justice
1994
Cherish the Day
2020
A Fall from Grace
2020
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Mama Flora's Family
1998
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005
Last Flag Flying
2017
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Comedians
1967
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Idlewild
2006
Sounder
1972
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Heat Wave
1990
Bustin' Loose
1981
Wilma
1977
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Always Outnumbered
1998
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
The Blue Bird
1976
Jewel
2001
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
Riot
1997
The Marva Collins Story
1981
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
The River Niger
1976
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
Everybody Rides the Carousel
1976
When No One Would Listen
1992
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
Ms. Scrooge
1997
A Man Called Adam
1966
The Last Angry Man
1959
The Road to Galveston
1996
Acceptable Risks
1986
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
Intimate Encounters
1986
Relative Stranger
2009
Duplicates
1992
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Blessed Assurance
1997
Showing Roots
2016
Playing with Fire
1985
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
House of Secrets
1993
Bridge of Time
1997
Benny's Place
1982
Marriage: Year One
1971
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
Remembering Roots
2002
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976No Photo
A Morning For Jimmy
1960
Neighbors
1971
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
Carib Gold
1956
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969