Acting credits
101
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Cicely Tyson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.0
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Movies: 62Series: 39
TMDB ID: 18249
IMDb ID: nm0001807
Known for: Acting
Born: December 19, 1924
Died: January 28, 2021
Age: 96
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2021
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q238081
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Cicely Tyson.
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021 Movie
7.0
A Fall from Grace
as Alice
2020 Movie
The Other Boys of Summer
as Narrator
2019 Movie
6.8
Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. Hightower
2017 Movie
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016 Movie
5.6
Showing Roots
as Hattie
2016 Movie
6.0
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Watts
2014 Movie
5.8
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama Kay
2013 Movie
5.1
Alex Cross
as Nana Mama
2012 Movie
8.2
The Help
as Constantine Jefferson
2011 Movie
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Ola
2010 Movie
4.4
Relative Stranger
as Pearl
2009 Movie
5.6
Idlewild
as Mother Hopkins
2006 Movie
4.0
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Celine
2006 Movie
6.4
Madea's Family Reunion
as Myrtle
2006 Movie
6.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Myrtle
2005 Movie
6.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria Dump
2005 Movie
7.1
The Rosa Parks Story
as Leona Edwards McCauley
2002 Movie
5.9
Jewel
as Cathedral
2001 Movie
4.8
A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante Lou
1999 Movie
6.3
Always Outnumbered
as Luvia
1998 Movie
5.6
Ms. Scrooge
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997 Movie
6.4
Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. Clair
1997 Movie
Blessed Assurance
as Vesta Lotte Battle
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Cicely Tyson.
7.4
Cherish the Day
as Miss Luma Lee Langston • 7 eps
2020 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
as Ophelia Harkness • 10 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Flo Avery • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.0
House of Cards
as Doris Jones • 3 eps
2013 Series
3.0
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
1 eps
2005 Series
7.7
The Proud Family
as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice) • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.0
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Emily Lincoln • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ondine Burdett • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Mama Flora's Family
as Mama Flora • 2 eps
1998 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Abigail Peabody-Jackson • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.0
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castalia • 2 eps
1994 Series
5.0
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne • 2 eps
1989 Series
6.0
B.L. Stryker
1 eps
1989 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.0
A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Ross Tubman • 2 eps
1978 Series
6.4
King
as Coretta Scott King • 3 eps
1978 Series
7.4
Roots
as Binta • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
9.2
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 2 eps
1973 Series
7.9
Emergency!
as Mrs. Johnson • 1 eps
1972 Series