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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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