Cicely Tyson
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.
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Movies
A Fall from Grace
Alice
The Other Boys of Summer
Narrator
Last Flag Flying
Mrs. Hightower
Showing Roots
Hattie
The Trip to Bountiful
Mrs. Watts
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Mama Kay
Alex Cross
Nana Mama
The Help
Constantine Jefferson
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Ola
Relative Stranger
Pearl
Idlewild
Mother Hopkins
Fat Rose and Squeaky
Celine
Madea's Family Reunion
Myrtle
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Myrtle
Because of Winn-Dixie
Gloria Dump
The Rosa Parks Story
Leona Edwards McCauley
Jewel
Cathedral
A Lesson Before Dying
Tante Lou
Always Outnumbered
Luvia
Ms. Scrooge
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Hoodlum
Stephanie St. Clair
Blessed Assurance
Vesta Lotte Battle
The Road to Galveston
Jordan Roosevelt
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Castralia
House of Secrets
Evangeline
Duplicates
Dr. Randolph
Fried Green Tomatoes
Sipsey
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Etta Mercer
Heat Wave
Ruthana Richardson
The Women of Brewster Place
Mrs. Browne
Intimate Encounters
Dr. Claire Dalton
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Muriel
Acceptable Risks
Janet Framm
Playing with Fire
Carol Phillips
Benny's Place
Odessa
The Marva Collins Story
Marva Collins
Bustin' Loose
Vivian Perry
The Concorde... Airport '79
Elaine
Wilma
Blanche Rudolph
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Sweets
Just an Old Sweet Song
Priscilla Simmons
The Blue Bird
Tylette
The River Niger
Mattie Williams
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Jane Pittman
Sounder
Rebecca Morgan
Neighbors
Marriage: Year One
Emma Teasley
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Portia Copeland
The Comedians
Marie Therese
A Man Called Adam
Claudia Ferguson
A Morning For Jimmy
Sister
The Last Angry Man
Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
Odds Against Tomorrow
Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
Carib Gold
Dottie
TV Series
Cherish the Day
Miss Luma Lee Langston
7 Episodes
How to Get Away with Murder
Ophelia Harkness
10 Episodes
Madam Secretary
Flo Avery
1 Episode
House of Cards
Doris Jones
3 Episodes
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
1 Episode
The Proud Family
Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
1 Episode
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Emily Lincoln
2 Episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ondine Burdett
1 Episode
Mama Flora's Family
Mama Flora
2 Episodes
The Outer Limits
Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
2 Episodes
Touched by an Angel
Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1 Episode
Sweet Justice
22 Episodes
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Castalia
2 Episodes
The Women of Brewster Place
Mrs. Browne
2 Episodes
B.L. Stryker
1 Episode
A Woman Called Moses
Harriet Ross Tubman
2 Episodes
King
Coretta Scott King
3 Episodes
Roots
Binta
1 Episode
Emergency!
Mrs. Johnson
1 Episode
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Betty Kelly
1 Episode
The Bill Cosby Show
Mildred Hermosa
1 Episode
Cowboy in Africa
Julie Anderson
1 Episode
Judd for the Defense
1 Episode
Mission: Impossible
Alma Ross
1 Episode
The F.B.I.
Julie Harmon
1 Episode
East Side/West Side
26 Episodes
Naked City
Darlene Knox
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Rachel Biggs
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Marva Collins
1 Episode