Personal Info
Birthday
December 19, 1924
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Cicely Tyson
Biography
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.
Acting Filmography (105)
0.0
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie2021
7.4
Cherish the Day
TV Series2020
7.0
A Fall from Grace
Movie2020
4.7
Tamron Hall
TV Series2019
No Backdrop
0.0
The Other Boys of Summer
Movie2019
6.8
Last Flag Flying
Movie2017
No Backdrop
6.0
Steve
TV Series2017
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Movie2016
5.6
Showing Roots
Movie2016
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
TV Series2014
7.0
Madam Secretary
TV Series2014
6.2
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie2014
5.8
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Movie2013
8.0
House of Cards
TV Series2013
5.1
Alex Cross
Movie2012
8.2
The Help
Movie2011
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Movie2010
4.4
Relative Stranger
Movie2009
5.6
Idlewild
Movie2006
No Backdrop
6.0
Fat Rose and Squeaky
Movie2006
6.4
Madea's Family Reunion
Movie2006
3.8
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
TV Series2005
6.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Movie2005
6.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Movie2005
7.1
The Rosa Parks Story
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Remembering Roots
Movie2002
7.7
The Proud Family
TV Series2001
No Backdrop
5.8
Jewel
Movie2001
7.0
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV Series1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
5.0
A Lesson Before Dying
Movie1999
No Backdrop
9.0
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie1998
7.6
Mama Flora's Family
TV Series1998
6.4
Always Outnumbered
Movie1998
No Backdrop
5.8
Ms. Scrooge
Movie1997
6.5
Hoodlum
Movie1997
7.0
Blessed Assurance
Movie1997
5.4
Riot
Movie1997
6.5
Bridge of Time
Movie1997
4.5
The Road to Galveston
Movie1996
7.7
The Outer Limits
TV Series1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
TV Series1994
4.5
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Movie1994
6.8
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
TV Series1994
3.8
House of Secrets
Movie1993
8.0
When No One Would Listen
Movie1992
No Backdrop
6.3
Duplicates
Movie1992
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie1991
6.6
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Movie1990
6.8
Heat Wave
Movie1990
6.8
The Women of Brewster Place
Movie1989
6.0
The Women of Brewster Place
TV Series1989
6.1
B.L. Stryker
TV Series1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Series1988
3.8
Intimate Encounters
Movie1986
8.0
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Movie1986
No Backdrop
5.0
Acceptable Risks
Movie1986
6.0
Playing with Fire
Movie1985
No Backdrop
10.0
Benny's Place
Movie1982
No Backdrop
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
Movie1982
7.4
The Marva Collins Story
Movie1981
6.2
Bustin' Loose
Movie1981
4.7
The Concorde... Airport '79
Movie1979
7.0
A Woman Called Moses
TV Series1978
6.6
King
TV Series1978
6.6
Wilma
Movie1977
5.9
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Movie1977
7.4
Roots
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
7.0
Just an Old Sweet Song
Movie1976
6.0
Everybody Rides the Carousel
Movie1976
5.5
The Blue Bird
Movie1976
No Backdrop
7.4
The River Niger
Movie1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
TV Series1975
7.0
Dinah!
TV Series1974
6.6
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie1974
6.8
Free to Be… You and Me
Movie1974
No Backdrop
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV Series1973
7.5
Sounder
Movie1972
7.9
Emergency!
TV Series1972
No Backdrop
7.0
Neighbors
Movie1971
No Backdrop
6.0
Marriage: Year One
Movie1971
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
TV Series1970
6.2
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
5.5
The Bill Cosby Show
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
0.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
Movie1969
7.5
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Movie1968
6.1
The Comedians
Movie1967
6.0
Cowboy in Africa
TV Series1967
7.7
Judd, for the Defense
TV Series1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
TV Series1966
6.5
A Man Called Adam
Movie1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
TV Series1965
7.8
East Side/West Side
TV Series1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
6.9
The Last Angry Man
Movie1959
6.8
Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie1959
5.7
Naked City
TV Series1958
5.5
Carib Gold
Movie1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
6.7
Gunsmoke
TV Series1955
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944