Cicely Tyson

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
• A Fall from Grace (2020)
• The Other Boys of Summer (2019)
• Last Flag Flying (2017)
• Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
• Showing Roots (2016)
• The Trip to Bountiful (2014)
• The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
• Alex Cross (2012)
• The Help (2011)
• Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
• Relative Stranger (2009)
• Idlewild (2006)
• Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
• Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
• The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
• Remembering Roots (2002)
• Jewel (2001)
• A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
• Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998)
• Always Outnumbered (1998)
• Ms. Scrooge (1997)
• Hoodlum (1997)
• Blessed Assurance (1997)
• Riot (1997)
• Bridge of Time (1997)
• The Road to Galveston (1996)
• Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
• House of Secrets (1993)
• When No One Would Listen (1992)
• Duplicates (1992)
• Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
• The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
• Heat Wave (1990)
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
• Intimate Encounters (1986)
• Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
• Acceptable Risks (1986)
• An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986)
• Playing with Fire (1985)
• Benny's Place (1982)
• Night of 100 Stars (1982)
• The Marva Collins Story (1981)
• Bustin' Loose (1981)
• The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
• Wilma (1977)
• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
• Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
• Everybody Rides the Carousel (1976)
• The Blue Bird (1976)
• The River Niger (1976)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
• Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
• Sounder (1972)
• Neighbors (1971)
• Marriage: Year One (1971)
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words (1969)
• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
• The Comedians (1967)
• A Man Called Adam (1966)
• A Morning For Jimmy (1960)
• The Last Angry Man (1959)
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
• Carib Gold (1956)