Cicely Tyson
Date of birth: 1924-12-19
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Сисели Тайсон
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.
Movie Credits
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her th
The Women of Brewster Place
1989-03-19
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Hoodlum
1997-08-27
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Q
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968-07-31
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes
Bustin' Loose
1981-05-22
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is dr
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986-05-19
Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attenti
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959-10-15
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tension
Always Outnumbered
1998-03-21
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More impo
Idlewild
2006-08-25
A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, str
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010-04-02
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing the
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979-08-17
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the
Sounder
1972-09-24
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-e
Madea's Family Reunion
2006-02-24
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship tro
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005-02-18
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father
The Help
2011-08-09
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children
A Lesson Before Dying
1999-05-22
In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner.
The River Niger
1976-04-14
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet,
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974-10-17
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist ar
Alex Cross
2012-10-18
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detro
The Blue Bird
1976-04-30
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977-12-14
A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013-02-01
A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only in
A Morning For Jimmy
1960-01-01
Tells the story of an African American youth named Jimmy who encounters racial discrimination in his
Ms. Scrooge
1997-12-10
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge
Jewel
2001-02-07
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndro
The Marva Collins Story
1981-12-01
Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher w
The Road to Galveston
1996-01-24
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she too
A Man Called Adam
1966-03-16
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
The Trip to Bountiful
2014-03-08
Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994-05-01
Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Col
The Comedians
1967-10-31
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Heat Wave
1990-08-13
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the blood
Free to Be… You and Me
1974-03-11
Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990-12-14
In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when
Wilma
1977-12-19
The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gol
Showing Roots
2016-04-23
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Root
Acceptable Risks
1986-03-02
The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a
Relative Stranger
2009-03-14
After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned yea
The Last Angry Man
1959-10-22
Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn ne
Marriage: Year One
1971-10-15
A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005-02-25
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mans
Duplicates
1992-03-18
A family falls victim to a scientific institute that removes memories and transfers them to a comput
Playing with Fire
1985-04-13
Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016-10-14
A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs a
Intimate Encounters
1986-09-28
It started as fantasy...and ended as intimate encounters.
Last Flag Flying
2017-11-03
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard reunite for a differe
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006-08-11
The Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life, seventy-year-ol
The Women of Brewster Place
1989-03-19
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Blessed Assurance
1997-08-17
Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Car
The Rosa Parks Story
2002-02-24
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boyco
Neighbors
1971-11-18
Racial tensions come out of the woodwork when an upper-class white couple puts their suburban home o
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976-09-14
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up
Carib Gold
1956-09-30
The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in
A Fall from Grace
2020-01-17
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a la
House of Secrets
1993-10-31
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's fo
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969-03-02
Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and
Benny's Place
1982-05-31
Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work
How It Feels to Be Free
2021-01-18
Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey
The Other Boys of Summer
2019-06-19
The story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro Lea
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
Everybody Rides the Carousel
1976-09-10
"Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stage
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998-12-15
An original documentary exploring one of America's most beloved films. Take a journey with director