Cicely Tyson

Q: Did Cicely Tyson win any major awards?

Yes, Tyson won several prestigious awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. She was also honored with an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Q: When did Cicely Tyson start her acting career?

Cicely Tyson began her acting career in the 1950s, making her film debut in 'Carib Gold' in 1956. She quickly gained recognition for her powerful performances.

Q: How many children does Cicely Tyson have?

Cicely Tyson has one daughter named Joan Tyson. She has been private about her family life throughout her career.

Q: What is Cicely Tyson's estimated net worth?

Cicely Tyson's estimated net worth is around $10 million. Her successful acting career and various accolades contributed to her financial stature.

Q: What was Cicely Tyson's role in 'Finding Joy'?

In 'Finding Joy', Cicely Tyson plays a significant role that showcases her enduring talent. The film highlights themes of love and family.

Q: What impact did Cicely Tyson have on the film industry?

Cicely Tyson was a trailblazer for African American actresses, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations. Her performances challenged stereotypes and promoted diversity.

Q: Was Cicely Tyson involved in any activism?

Yes, Cicely Tyson was actively involved in civil rights activism. She used her platform to advocate for African American rights and representation in the arts.

Known for

The Help (2011)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2011 / Drama / 146 min

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson...

A Fall from Grace (2020)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2020 / Drama, Fantasy / 120 min

When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.

Name

Cicely Tyson

Height

5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Born

19 December 1924, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Miles Davis (1981–1989)

Children

1 (Joan Tyson)

Parents

Bailey Tyson, Thelma Tyson

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2021	Movie How It Feels to Be Free Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann...	Self (archival footage)	Not rated
2020	TV Cherish the Day A chronicle of the stirring relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. The narrative will unfold...	Miss Luma Lee Langston	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	Movie A Fall from Grace When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be...	Alice	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	TV Tamron Hall Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2019	Movie The Other Boys of Summer The story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro League baseball players....	Narrator	Not rated
2017	Movie Last Flag Flying Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard reunite for a different type of mission:...	Mrs. Hightower	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	TV Steve After ending his Chicago-based show, Steve Harvey heads to Los Angeles to host a new weekday syndicated program aiming to...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	Movie Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie Showing Roots Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it...	Hattie	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2014	TV How to Get Away with Murder A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They...	Ophelia Harkness	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	TV Madam Secretary After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of...	Flo Avery	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie The Trip to Bountiful Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive...	Mrs. Watts	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	TV House of Cards Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are...	Doris Jones	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	Movie The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants....	Mama Kay	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2012	Movie Alex Cross Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family...	Nana Mama	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2011	Movie The Help Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her...	Constantine Jefferson	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2010	Movie Why Did I Get Married Too? Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate...	Ola	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Relative Stranger After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.	Pearl	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	Movie Idlewild A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in...	Mother Hopkins	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2006	Movie Fat Rose and Squeaky The Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life, seventy-year-old Celine Snow disagree on just about everything....	Celine	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Madea's Family Reunion Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves...	Myrtle	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	TV The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer The command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world. Patterned after the concept of the...	Unknown character	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2005	Movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American...	Myrtle	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Because of Winn-Dixie A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father....	Gloria Dump	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	Movie The Rosa Parks Story A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.	Leona Edwards McCauley	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2002	Movie Remembering Roots The cast and crew of Roots (1977) recall its phenomenal success on its 25th anniversary.	Self	Not rated
2001	TV The Proud Family Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the...	Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	Movie Jewel In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.	Cathedral	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1999	TV Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Without warning, an earthquake rips through the "City That Never Sleeps," turning it into a vulnerable state of chaos: skyscrapers...	Emily Lincoln	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Ondine Burdett	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie A Lesson Before Dying In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his...	Tante Lou	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1998	Movie Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes An original documentary exploring one of America's most beloved films. Take a journey with director Jon Avnet, actresses Kathy Bates,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1998	TV Mama Flora's Family A black matriarch in the early 20th century is determined to free her children from the bonds of prejudice.	Mama Flora	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1998	Movie Always Outnumbered An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he...	Luvia	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1997	Movie Ms. Scrooge Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has...	Ms. Ebenita Scrooge	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1997	Movie Hoodlum In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman...	Stephanie St. Clair	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1997	Movie Blessed Assurance Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he...	Vesta Lotte Battle	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie Riot In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to...	Maggie	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1997	Movie Bridge of Time	Guardian	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	Movie The Road to Galveston Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion...	Jordan Roosevelt	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1995	TV The Outer Limits Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements...	Justice Gretchen Parkhurst	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Abigail Peabody-Jackson	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	TV Sweet Justice Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1994	TV Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel...	Castalia	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel...	Castralia	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1993	Movie House of Secrets Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill...	Evangeline	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1992	Movie When No One Would Listen Jessica has been married to her controlling husband Gary for years. The abuse only gets worse when she gets a...	Sarah	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Duplicates A family falls victim to a scientific institute that removes memories and transfers them to a computer.	Dr. Randolph	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1991	Movie Fried Green Tomatoes Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie...	Sipsey	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1990	Movie The Kid Who Loved Christmas In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom...	Etta Mercer	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1990	Movie Heat Wave A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.	Ruthana Richardson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	TV The Women of Brewster Place A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.	Mrs. Browne	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1989	Movie The Women of Brewster Place A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	Movie The Women of Brewster Place A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.	Mrs. Browne	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	TV B.L. Stryker B.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5, 1990 as...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1986	Movie Intimate Encounters It started as fantasy...and ended as intimate encounters.	Dr. Claire Dalton	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1986	Movie Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking...	Muriel	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	Movie Acceptable Risks The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town...	Janet Framm	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1985	Movie Playing with Fire Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too...	Carol Phillips	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1982	Movie Benny's Place Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work and...	Odessa	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1982	Movie Night of 100 Stars The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1981	Movie The Marva Collins Story Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children...	Marva Collins	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1981	Movie Bustin' Loose After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is drive...	Vivian Perry	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1979	Movie The Concorde... Airport '79 Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting...	Elaine	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1978	TV A Woman Called Moses A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the...	Harriet Ross Tubman	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1978	TV King The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South...	Coretta Scott King	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1977	Movie Wilma The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960...	Blanche Rudolph	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1977	Movie A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.	Sweets	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1977	TV Roots The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots,...	Binta	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1976	Movie Just an Old Sweet Song Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and...	Priscilla Simmons	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1976	Movie Everybody Rides the Carousel "Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the...	Self - Introducer	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Blue Bird Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the...	Tylette	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1976	Movie The River Niger An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling...	Mattie Williams	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV People's Choice Awards An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.	Self - Presenter	TMDB 9.2 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	Movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman,...	Jane Pittman	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1974	Movie Free to Be… You and Me Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1973	TV The American Film Institute Salute to ... In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1972	Movie Sounder The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after...	Rebecca Morgan	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1972	TV Emergency! The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies...	Mrs. Johnson	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1971	Movie Neighbors Racial tensions come out of the woodwork when an upper-class white couple puts their suburban home on the market and...	Vicky Gunther	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1971	TV Film '72 The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the...	Self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1971	Movie Marriage: Year One A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.	Emma Teasley	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1970	TV The Flip Wilson Show The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17,...	Self	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1969	TV The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which...	Betty Kelly	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1969	TV The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from...	Mildred Hermosa	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1969	Movie To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World...	Unknown character	Not rated
1968	Movie The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly...	Portia Copeland	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1967	Movie The Comedians American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.	Marie Therese	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1967	TV Cowboy in Africa Cowboy in Africa was an American Broadcasting Company television series produced during 1967-1968 by Ivan Tors and featuring Chuck Connors...	Julie Anderson	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1967	TV Judd, for the Defense High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1966	TV Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions...	Alma Ross	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1966	Movie A Man Called Adam A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.	Claudia Ferguson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1965	TV The F.B.I. The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by...	Lainey Harber	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1965	TV The F.B.I. The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by...	Julie Harmon	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1963	TV East Side/West Side East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self - Co-Host	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1960	Movie A Morning For Jimmy Tells the story of an African American youth named Jimmy who encounters racial discrimination in his search for employment. Although...	Sister	Not rated
1959	Movie The Last Angry Man Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his...	Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1959	Movie Odds Against Tomorrow An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man...	Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1958	TV Naked City Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was...	Darlene Knox	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1956	Movie Carib Gold The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in this dramatic black-cast production.	Dottie	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Host	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Co-Host	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1955	TV Gunsmoke Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The...	Rachel Biggs	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Marva Collins	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.1 / 10

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

A Fall from Grace

2020 / TMDB 7.0

The Other Boys of Summer

2019

Last Flag Flying

2017 / TMDB 6.8

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016 / TMDB 8.0

Showing Roots

2016 / TMDB 5.6

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