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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 19, 1924
Died
January 28, 2021
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Сисели Тайсон
Cicely Tyson
1.3 Popularity
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
0.0
Self (archival footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
7.4
Miss Luma Lee Langston
Cherish the Day
2020
7.0
Alice
A Fall from Grace
2020
4.9
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
0.0
Narrator
The Other Boys of Summer
2019
6.8
Mrs. Hightower
Last Flag Flying
2017
8.0
Self
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
5.6
Hattie
Showing Roots
2016
7.8
Ophelia Harkness
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
7.0
Flo Avery
Madam Secretary
2014
Credits
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
0.0
Cherish the Day
as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2020
7.4
A Fall from Grace
as Alice
2020
7.0
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
The Other Boys of Summer
as Narrator
2019
0.0
Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. Hightower
2017
6.8
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016
8.0
Showing Roots
as Hattie
2016
5.6
How to Get Away with Murder
as Ophelia Harkness
2014
7.8
Madam Secretary
as Flo Avery
2014
7.0
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Watts
2014
6.0
House of Cards
as Doris Jones
2013
8.0
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama Kay
2013
5.8
Alex Cross
as Nana Mama
2012
5.1
The Help
as Constantine Jefferson
2011
8.2
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Ola
2010
6.5
Relative Stranger
as Pearl
2009
4.4
Idlewild
as Mother Hopkins
2006
5.6
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Celine
2006
4.0
Madea's Family Reunion
as Myrtle
2006
6.4
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
3.0
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Myrtle
2005
6.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria Dump
2005
6.5
The Rosa Parks Story
as Leona Edwards McCauley
2002
7.0
The Proud Family
as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
2001
7.7
Jewel
as Cathedral
2001
5.9
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Emily Lincoln
1999
7.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ondine Burdett
1999
7.9
A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante Lou
1999
4.8
🎬
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1998
0.0
🎬
Mama Flora's Family
as Mama Flora
1998
7.3
Always Outnumbered
as Luvia
1998
6.4
Ms. Scrooge
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997
5.6
Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. Clair
1997
6.4
Blessed Assurance
as Vesta Lotte Battle
1997
0.0
The Road to Galveston
as Jordan Roosevelt
1996
3.0
The Outer Limits
as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
1995
7.7
Touched by an Angel
as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1994
7.2
🎬
Sweet Justice
1994
0.0
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castalia
1994
5.0
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castralia
1994
5.4
House of Secrets
as Evangeline
1993
2.3
Duplicates
as Dr. Randolph
1992
5.9
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Sipsey
1991
7.7
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Etta Mercer
1990
6.6
Heat Wave
as Ruthana Richardson
1990
6.2
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1989
5.0
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1989
6.6
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
6.6
B.L. Stryker
1989
6.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Intimate Encounters
as Dr. Claire Dalton
1986
2.7
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Muriel
1986
0.0
Acceptable Risks
as Janet Framm
1986
4.2
Playing with Fire
as Carol Phillips
1985
6.0
Benny's Place
as Odessa
1982
10.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
The Marva Collins Story
as Marva Collins
1981
7.4
Bustin' Loose
as Vivian Perry
1981
6.1
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Elaine
1979
4.7
A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Ross Tubman
1978
7.0
King
as Coretta Scott King
1978
6.4
Wilma
as Blanche Rudolph
1977
6.3
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Sweets
1977
5.4
Roots
as Binta
1977
7.4
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Priscilla Simmons
1976
7.0
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Self - Introducer
1976
5.8
The Blue Bird
as Tylette
1976
5.3
The River Niger
as Mattie Williams
1976
6.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
9.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Jane Pittman
1974
6.6
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self
1974
6.7
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Sounder
as Rebecca Morgan
1972
7.5
Emergency!
as Mrs. Johnson
1972
7.8
Neighbors
1971
0.0
Marriage: Year One
as Emma Teasley
1971
6.0
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Betty Kelly
1969
6.0
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mildred Hermosa
1969
5.4
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969
0.0
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Portia Copeland
1968
7.5
The Comedians
as Marie Therese
1967
6.1
Cowboy in Africa
as Julie Anderson
1967
5.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Mission: Impossible
as Alma Ross
1966
7.6
A Man Called Adam
as Claudia Ferguson
1966
6.0
The F.B.I.
as Julie Harmon
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Lainey Harber
1965
5.4
East Side/West Side
1963
7.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
🎬
A Morning For Jimmy
as Sister
1960
0.0
The Last Angry Man
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1959
6.9
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1959
6.8
Naked City
as Darlene Knox
1958
5.5
Carib Gold
as Dottie
1956
4.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Gunsmoke
as Rachel Biggs
1955
6.6
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marva Collins
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2