Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Birthday: 1924-12-19

Deathday: 2021-01-28

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Сисели Тайсон

imdb_id: nm0001807

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.

Played in movies:

Benny's Place

Score: 10.0

The Help

Score: 8.2

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Score: 8.0

Fried Green Tomatoes

Score: 7.7

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Score: 7.6

Sounder

Score: 7.5

The Marva Collins Story

Score: 7.4

The Rosa Parks Story

Score: 7.2

A Fall from Grace

Score: 7.0

The Women of Brewster Place

Score: 6.9

The Women of Brewster Place

Score: 6.9

The Last Angry Man

Score: 6.9

Last Flag Flying

Score: 6.8

Odds Against Tomorrow

Score: 6.8

The River Niger

Score: 6.8

Free to Be… You and Me

Score: 6.7

Night of 100 Stars

Score: 6.7

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

Score: 6.6

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Score: 6.6

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Score: 6.5

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Score: 6.5

Hoodlum

Score: 6.4

Always Outnumbered

Score: 6.4

Because of Winn-Dixie

Score: 6.4

Wilma

Score: 6.3

Madea's Family Reunion

Score: 6.3

Heat Wave

Score: 6.2

Bustin' Loose

Score: 6.2

The Comedians

Score: 6.1

Playing with Fire

Score: 6.0

Marriage: Year One

Score: 6.0

A Man Called Adam

Score: 6.0

Duplicates

Score: 5.9

The Trip to Bountiful

Score: 5.9

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Score: 5.9

Jewel

Score: 5.9

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Score: 5.8

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Score: 5.8

Idlewild

Score: 5.7

Showing Roots

Score: 5.6

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Score: 5.4

The Blue Bird

Score: 5.3

Ms. Scrooge

Score: 5.2

Alex Cross

Score: 5.1

A Lesson Before Dying

Score: 5.0

The Concorde... Airport '79

Score: 4.7

Relative Stranger

Score: 4.4

Acceptable Risks

Score: 4.3

Carib Gold

Score: 4.0

Fat Rose and Squeaky

Score: 4.0

Intimate Encounters

Score: 3.5

House of Secrets

Score: 3.0

The Road to Galveston

Score: 3.0

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

Score: 0.0

The Other Boys of Summer

Score: 0.0

How It Feels to Be Free

Score: 0.0

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

Score: 0.0

Just an Old Sweet Song

Score: 0.0

Neighbors

Score: 0.0

Blessed Assurance

Score: 0.0

A Morning For Jimmy

Score: 0.0

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

People's Choice Awards

Score: 9.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

House of Cards

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

How to Get Away with Murder

Score: 7.8

East Side/West Side

Score: 7.8

Emergency!

Score: 7.8

The Proud Family

Score: 7.8

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Judd for the Defense

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Cherish the Day

Score: 7.4

Roots

Score: 7.4

Mama Flora's Family

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Madam Secretary

Score: 7.0

A Woman Called Moses

Score: 7.0

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

King

Score: 6.4

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Score: 6.3

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Score: 6.0

B.L. Stryker

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Naked City

Score: 5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The Bill Cosby Show

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

Tamron Hall

Score: 5.1

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Score: 5.0

Cowboy in Africa

Score: 5.0

The Flip Wilson Show

Score: 4.8

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Score: 3.0

Sweet Justice

Score: 0.0