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Cicely Tyson
IMDB
Born In
New York, New York, USA
Born
December 18, 1924
Died
January 28, 2021
Gender
Female
Race
Black, Afro-Caribbean, or African
Award Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, 2015
Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, 2017
Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, 2018
Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, 2019
Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, 2020
Movies
The Help
as Constantine Jefferson
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Sipsey
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Ola
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Myrtle
Alex Cross
as Nana Mama
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria Dump
Bustin' Loose
as Vivian Perry
Madea's Family Reunion
as Myrtle
Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. Clair
Sounder
as Rebecca Morgan
Idlewild
as Mother Hopkins
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Elaine
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Watts
The Comedians
as Marie Therese
The Blue Bird
as Tylette
Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. Hightower
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama Kay
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Portia
A Fall From Grace
as Alice
Relative Stranger
as Pearl
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Etta
A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich
as Sweets
A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante Lou
A Man Called Adam
as Claudia Ferguson
Always Outnumbered
as Luvia
Free to Be… You and Me
as Herself
Heat Wave
as Ruthana Richardson
Jewel
as Cathedral
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Herself
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave / Maid
Playing with Fire
as Carol Phillips
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Muriel
Showing Roots
as Hattie
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Jane Pittman
The Marva Collins Story
as Marva Collins
The River Niger
as Mattie Williams
The Road to Galveston
The Women of Brewster Place
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
as Myrtle
Wilma
as Blanche Rudolph
Television
A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Tubman
Cherish the Day
as Luma Lee Langston
East Side/West Side
House of Cards (US)
King (1978)
Mama Flora's Family
as Mama Flora
Sweet Justice
Other Television
Series
Episodes
Date
Type
The Talk
Cicely Tyson, Xosha Roquemore
February 17, 2020
Guest Star
How to Get Away with Murder
Where Are Your Parents?
February 14, 2019
Guest Star
How to Get Away with Murder
Mama's Here Now
February 19, 2015
Guest Star
Higglytown Heroes
Wayne's Good Guess
February 6, 2005
Guest Star
Higglytown Heroes
Wayne's 100 Special Somethings
January 30, 2005
Guest Star
The Proud Family
Behind Family Lines
December 13, 2002
Guest Star
The Outer Limits (1995)
Final Appeal (1)
September 3, 2000
Guest Star
Touched by an Angel
Living the Rest of My Life
April 9, 2000
Guest Star
B.L. Stryker
Winner Takes All
January 13, 1990
Guest Star
Mama Flora's Family
Episode 2
November 10, 1988
Guest Star
Mama Flora's Family
Episode 1
November 9, 1988
Guest Star
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
The Marva Collins Story
December 1, 1981
Guest Star
Saturday Night Live
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
February 10, 1979
Guest Star
Roots
Part I
January 23, 1977
Guest Star
Tony Awards
The 28th Annual Tony Awards
April 21, 1974
Guest Star
THE $10,000 PYRAMID
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT (THE $10,000 PYRAMID's 4-Month Anniversary Show.)
July 26, 1973
Guest Star
THE $10,000 PYRAMID
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
July 25, 1973
Guest Star
THE $10,000 PYRAMID
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
July 24, 1973
Guest Star
THE $10,000 PYRAMID
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
July 23, 1973
Guest Star
Gunsmoke
The Scavengers
November 16, 1970
Guest Star
Mission: Impossible
Death Squad
March 15, 1970
Guest Star
The F.B.I.
The Enemies
November 3, 1968
Guest Star
Judd for the Defense
Commitment
November 3, 1967
Guest Star
I Spy
Trial by Treehouse
October 19, 1966
Guest Star
I Spy
So Long, Patrick Henry
September 15, 1965
Guest Star
Slattery's People
Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?
March 12, 1965
Guest Star
Naked City
Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle
April 3, 1963
Guest Star
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