🎭 Actor
Cicely Tyson
🎂 Born 19 December 1924 (age 96)✝ 28 January 2021📍 New York City, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
65
Acting Credits
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
Full Filmography(65 films)
YearTitleRating
2011The Help★ 8.21991Fried Green Tomatoes★ 7.71997Hoodlum★ 6.52012Alex Cross★ 5.12020A Fall from Grace★ 7.02013The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia★ 5.82006Madea's Family Reunion★ 6.41979The Concorde... Airport '79★ 4.72005Diary of a Mad Black Woman★ 6.52005Because of Winn-Dixie★ 6.51994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All★ 4.52010Why Did I Get Married Too?★ 6.51972Sounder★ 7.51990Heat Wave★ 6.81976The Blue Bird★ 5.52017Last Flag Flying★ 6.81997Ms. Scrooge★ 5.81981Bustin' Loose★ 6.21982Night of 100 Stars★ 6.82016Showing Roots★ 5.61967The Comedians★ 6.12006Idlewild★ 5.71966A Man Called Adam★ 6.51981The Marva Collins Story★ 7.41998Always Outnumbered★ 6.41986Acceptable Risks★ 5.01968The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter★ 7.51974The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman★ 6.61974Free to Be… You and Me★ 6.81989The Women of Brewster Place★ 6.81989The Women of Brewster Place★ 6.81999A Lesson Before Dying★ 5.01959Odds Against Tomorrow★ 6.81977Wilma★ 6.61976The River Niger★ 7.42002The Rosa Parks Story★ 7.12002Remembering Roots—1997Riot★ 5.41990The Kid Who Loved Christmas★ 6.62001Jewel★ 5.82014The Trip to Bountiful★ 6.01976Everybody Rides the Carousel★ 6.01971Marriage: Year One★ 6.01986Intimate Encounters★ 3.81986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story★ 8.01977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich★ 5.91959The Last Angry Man★ 6.92016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise★ 8.01971Neighbors★ 7.02009Relative Stranger★ 4.41997Blessed Assurance★ 7.01985Playing with Fire★ 6.01992When No One Would Listen★ 8.01998Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes★ 9.02006Fat Rose and Squeaky★ 6.01976Just an Old Sweet Song★ 7.01997Bridge of Time★ 6.51992Duplicates★ 6.31993House of Secrets★ 3.82021How It Feels to Be Free—1956Carib Gold★ 5.51982Benny's Place★ 10.01996The Road to Galveston★ 4.52019The Other Boys of Summer—1969To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words—