Cicely Tyson in 2012 at the Time 100 Gala

Cicely Tyson was an African American actress noted for her groundbreaking work in film, television and theatre.

Filmography

Sources:[1][2][3]

Film

Year Title Role Ref
1956 Carib Gold Dottie (uncredited) [1]
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow Jazz Club bartender (uncredited) [1]
1959 The Last Angry Man Girl Left on Porch (uncredited) [4][1]
1960 Who Was That Lady? Not available (uncredited) [5][6]
1966 A Man Called Adam Claudia Ferguson [1]
1967 The Comedians Marie Therese [1]
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Portia [1]
1972 Sounder Rebecca Morgan [7]
1976 The Blue Bird Tylette, The Cat [1]
The River Niger Mattie Williams [1]
1978 A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich Sweets [1]
1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79 Elaine [1]
1981 Bustin' Loose Vivian Perry [1]
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Sipsey [1]
1997 Hoodlum Stephanie St. Clair [8]
2001 The Double Dutch Divas! Herself (uncredited) [1]
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie Gloria Dump [1]
Diary of a Mad Black Woman Myrtle [9]
2006 Madea's Family Reunion Myrtle [1]
Fat Rose and Squeaky Celine [1]
Idlewild Mother Hopkins [1]
2007 Rwanda Rising Voice of Jeanette Nyirabagarwa [1]
2009 Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream Narrator
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Ola
2011 The Help Constantine Jefferson
2012 Alex Cross Regina "Nana Mama" Cross
2013 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Mamma Kay
2016 Showing Roots Hattie
2017 Last Flag Flying Mrs. Hightower
2020 A Fall from Grace Alice

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1961 Frontiers of Faith "The Bitter Cup" [1]
1962 The Nurses Betty Ann Warner Episode: "Frieda" [1]
1963 To Tell the Truth Decoy contestant Episode: March 25, 1963 (decoy for Shirley Abicair) [10]
Naked City Episode: "Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle" [1]
1963–1964 East Side/West Side Jane Foster 26 episodes
1965 Slattery's People Sarah Brookman Episode: "Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?" [1]
1965–1966 I Spy Princess Amara
Vickie Harmon 		2 episodes [1]
1966 Guiding Light Martha Frazier [1]
1967 Cowboy in Africa Julie Anderson Episode: "Tomorrow on the Wind" [1]
Judd for the Defense Lucille Evans Episode: "Commitment" [1]
1968–1969 The F.B.I. Julie Harmon
Lainey Harber 		2 episodes [1]
1969 Medical Center Susan Wiley Episode: "The Last 10 Yards" [1]
The Courtship of Eddie's Father Betty Kelly Episode: "Guess Who's Coming for Lunch" [1]
1970 Gunsmoke Rachel Biggs Episode: "The Scavengers" [1]
Mission: Impossible Alma Ross Episode: "Death Squad" [1]
The Bill Cosby Show Mildred Hermosa Episode: "Blind Date" [1]
Here Come the Brides Princess Lucenda Episode: "A Bride for Obie Brown" [1]
1971 Marriage: Year One Emma Teasley [1]
Neighbors [1]
1972 Emergency! Mrs. Johnson Episode: "Crash" [1]
Soul Train [1]
Wednesday Night Out [1]
1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Jane Pittman
Free to Be… You and Me Herself [1]
1976 Just an Old Sweet Song Priscilla Simmons [1]
1977 Roots Binta Miniseries [1]
Wilma Blanche Rudolph [1]
1978 King Coretta Scott King Miniseries [1]
A Woman Called Moses Harriet Ross Tubman [1]
1979 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads" [1]
1981 The Body Human: Becoming a Woman Host [1]
The Marva Collins Story Marva Collins
1982 Benny's Place Odessa [1]
1985 Playing with Fire Carol Phillips [1]
1986 Intimate Encounters Dr. Claire Dalton [1]
Acceptable Risks Janet Framm [1]
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story Muriel
1989 The Women of Brewster Place Mrs. Browne [1]
1990 The Kid Who Loved Christmas Etta [1]
B.L. Stryker Ruth Hastings Episode: "Winner Takes All" [1]
Heat Wave Ruthana Richardson
1991 Clippers Donna Short [1]
1992 Duplicates Dr. Randolph [1]
When No One Would Listen Sarah [1]
1993 House of Secrets Evangeline [1]
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Castralia
Marsden Family House Slave/Maid
1994–1995 Sweet Justice Carrie Grace Battle
1996 The Road to Galveston Jordan Roosevelt
1997 Bridge of Time Guardian [1]
Riot Maggie Segment: "Homecoming Day" [11]
Ms. Scrooge Ms. Ebenita Scrooge [1]
The Price of Heaven (Blessed Assurance) Vesta Lotte Battle [1]
1998 Always Outnumbered Luvia [1]
Mama Flora's Family Mama Flora
1999 A Lesson Before Dying Tante Lou
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Emily Lincoln [1]
2000 Touched by an Angel Abigail Peabody-Jackson Episode: "Living the Rest of My Life" [1]
The Outer Limits Justice Gretchen Parkhurst Episode: "Final Appeal" [1]
2001 Jewel Cathedral [1]
The Proud Family Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice) Episode: "Behind Family Lines" [12]
2002 The Rosa Parks Story Leona Edwards McCauley
2005 Higglytown Heroes Great Aunt Shirley Hero (voice) Episode: "Wayne's 100 Special Somethings" [1]
2009 Relative Stranger Pearl
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ondine Burdett Episode: "Hell" [13]
2014 The Trip to Bountiful Mrs. Carrie Watts TV movie
2015–2020 How to Get Away with Murder Ophelia Harkness 10 episodes
2016 House of Cards Doris Jones 3 episodes [14]
2019 Madam Secretary Flo Avery Episode: "Leaving the Station" [15]
2020 Cherish the Day Miss Luma Lee Langston Series regular [16]

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre Ref.
1957 Dark of the Moon Little Theatre [17]
1959 Jolly's Progress Jolly (understudy) Longacre Theatre [18]
1960 The Cool World Girl Eugene O'Neill Theatre [19]
1961 The Blacks: A Clown Show Stephanie Virtue Diop St. Mark's Playhouse [17][20]
1962 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl East 11th Street Theater [17]
Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Celeste Chipley
Adelaide Smith (understudy) 		Booth Theatre [21]
1963 The Blue Boy in Black Joan Masque Theatre [17][22]
Trumpets of the Lord Rev. Marion Alexander Astor Place Theatre [17][23]
1966 A Hand Is on the Gate Performer Longacre Theatre [24]
1968 Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights Myrna Jessup John Golden Theatre [17][25]
1969 To Be Young, Gifted and Black Various Cherry Lane Theatre [17][26]
Trumpets of the Lord Rev. Marion Alexander Brooks Atkinson Theatre [27]
1983 The Corn Is Green Miss Moffat Lunt-Fontanne Theatre [28][29]
2013 The Trip to Bountiful Miss Carrie Watts Stephen Sondheim Theatre [30]
2015 The Gin Game Fonsia Dorsey John Golden Theater [31]

Radio

Year Title Role Ref.
1979 Sears Radio Theater Host, Thursdays; "Love and Hate Night" [32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo McCann, Bob (December 21, 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland, Inc., Publishers. pp. 334–336. ISBN 9780786458042. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Cicely Tyson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Cicely Tyson". TV Guide. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Last Angry Man, The (1959) – We Want the Doctor!". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Cohen, Harold V. (October 14, 1965). "At Random: Maelstrom". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Margold, Jane (August 4, 1966). "Movies Mean Growing Up to Actress Cicely Tyson". Newsday. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Revisiting Sounder: Cicely Tyson's first Oscar nod". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Hoodlum". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Cicely Tyson". NPR. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ Kovalchik, Kara (June 10, 2016). "10 Stand-Up Facts About To Tell the Truth". MentalFloss. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "CableAce Awards". Variety. November 16, 1997. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Smith, Da'Shan (March 1, 2019). "This 2002 The Proud Family Episode Got Refreshingly Honest About Classism in Black Families". TV Guide. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  13. ^ O'Connor, Mickey (February 19, 2009). "SVU Exclusive: Oscar Nominee Cicely Tyson Will Guest". TV Guide. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  14. ^ McConville, Kylie (March 4, 2016). "Who Plays Doris Jones On 'House Of Cards'? Cicely Tyson Is A Problem For Claire Underwood". Romper. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  15. ^ Keveney, Bill (December 8, 2019). "'Madam Secretary' finale celebration: A wedding, an amendment, soccer champs, celeb cameos". USA Today. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  16. ^ Petski, Denise (August 13, 2019). "Cicely Tyson To Star In Ava DuVernay's 'Cherish The Day' Anthology Series On OWN". Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g Harrison, Paul Carter; Andrews, Bert (1989). In the Shadow of the Great White Way: Images from the Black Theatre. Thunder's Mouth Press.
  18. ^ "Jolly's Progress". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  19. ^ "The Cood World". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  20. ^ "The Blacks: A Clown Show". Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  21. ^ "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright". United States: Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  22. ^ "The Blue Boy in Black". Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Archived from the original on September 22, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  23. ^ "Trumpets of the Lord". Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  24. ^ "A Hand Is on the Gate". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  25. ^ "Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  26. ^ "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". New York, New York: Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Archived from the original on September 14, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  27. ^ "Trumpets of the Lord". New York, New York: Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  28. ^ "The Corn Is Green". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  29. ^ "The Corn Is Green". Internet Theatre Database. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  30. ^ "Cicely Tyson Returns to Broadway in 'The Trip to Bountiful'". The Hollywood Reporter. December 3, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  31. ^ Stasio, Marilyn (October 14, 2015). "Broadway Review: 'The Gin Game' with Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones". Variety. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  32. ^ Dunning, John (1998). The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 603. ISBN 9780199840458. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

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