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Cicely Tyson

Cecily Louise Tyson was in her early thirties when she began her career, her major breakthrough was as the star of the1972 film Sounder. Throughout her life she starred in more than 100 film, television and stage productions, and at 88 she became the oldest person to win a Tony Award for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful in 2013.


Aliases
  • Cicley Tysson
English

The Help

2011
as Constantine Jefferson

Acceptable Risks

1986
as Janet Framm

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005
as Gloria Dump

Marriage: Year One

1971
as Emma Teasley

A Man Called Adam

1966
as Claudia Ferguson

A Woman Called Moses

1978
as Harriet Tubman

Cherish the Day

2020
as Luma Lee Langston

Carib Gold

1956
as Dottie

Duplicates

1992
as Dr. Randolph

Wilma

1977
as Blanche Rudolph

The Trip to Bountiful

2014
as Mrs. Watts

Hoodlum

1997
as Stephanie St. Clair

Sounder

1972
as Rebecca Morgan

Showing Roots

2016
as Hattie

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994
as Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave / Maid

Idlewild

2006
as Mother Hopkins

Alex Cross

2012
as Nana Mama

Jewel

2001
as Cathedral

Bustin' Loose

1981
as Vivian Perry

The Blue Bird

1976
as Tylette

Heat Wave

1990
as Ruthana Richardson

The Marva Collins Story

1981
as Marva Collins

Last Flag Flying

2017
as Mrs. Hightower

The River Niger

1976
as Mattie Williams

Playing with Fire

1985
as Carol Phillips

Mama Flora's Family

1988
as Mama Flora

The Price of Heaven

1997
as Vesta Lotte Battle

The Comedians

1967
as Marie Therese

Guest Star

Episode The F.B.I.
The Enemies
1968
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT (THE $10,000 PYRAMID's 4-Month Anniversary Show.)
1973
Episode Tony Awards
The 28th Annual Tony Awards
1974
Episode Roots
Part I
1977
Episode The Outer Limits (1995)
Final Appeal (1)
2000
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
1973
Episode The Outer Limits (1995)
Final Appeal (2)
2000
Episode Higglytown Heroes
Wayne's 100 Special Somethings
2005
Episode Higglytown Heroes
Wayne's Good Guess
2005
Episode The Talk
Cicely Tyson, Xosha Roquemore
2020
Episode How to Get Away with Murder
Where Are Your Parents?
2019
Episode Touched by an Angel
Living the Rest of My Life
2000
Episode Mama Flora's Family
Episode 1
1988
Episode B.L. Stryker
Winner Takes All
1990
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
1973
Episode Slattery's People
Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?
1965
Episode Mama Flora's Family
Episode 2
1988
Episode Saturday Night Live
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
1979
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
The Marva Collins Story
1981
Episode Gunsmoke
The Scavengers
1970
Episode Mission: Impossible
Death Squad
1970
Episode I Spy
Trial by Treehouse
1966
Episode Naked City
Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle
1963
Episode The Proud Family
Behind Family Lines
2002
Episode Judd for the Defense
Commitment
1967
Episode How to Get Away with Murder
Mama's Here Now
2015
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
1973
Episode I Spy
So Long, Patrick Henry
1965
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CICELY TYSON & MR. EDWARD ALBERT
1973