Cicely Tyson
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.
The Help
as Constantine JeffersonAibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white...
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Fried Green Tomatoes
as SipseyAmidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old...
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A Fall from Grace
as AliceWhen a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that...
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama KayA young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's...
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Madea's Family Reunion
as MyrtleBased upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the...
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Why Did I Get Married Too?
as OlaFour couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing...
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Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of...
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Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. ClairIn 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When...
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The Concorde... Airport '79
as ElaineAviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and...
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Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria DumpA girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her...
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as MyrtleCharles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seemed to have everything – money, a...
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Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. HightowerThirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard, reunite for a...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Portia CopelandSinger is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who...
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The Blue Bird
as TyletteA pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the...
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as MurielOutraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national...
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The Comedians
as Marie ThereseAmerican and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
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Odds Against Tomorrow
as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man...
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Idlewild
as Mother HopkinsAt a sexy, sizzling nightclub, pianist Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the...
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Sounder
as Rebecca MorganThe oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the...
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Bustin' Loose
as Vivian PerryAfter ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do...
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The Rosa Parks Story
as Leona Edwards McCauleyA seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus...
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Jane PittmanIn February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York...
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The Women of Brewster Place
as uncreditedA multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
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The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. BrowneA multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
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as LuviaAn ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More...
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The Last Angry Man
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own...
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as HerselfA celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival...
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A Man Called Adam
as Claudia FergusonA famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
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A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante LouIn the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store...
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Ms. Scrooge
as Ms. Ebenita ScroogeTelevision movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita...
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The River Niger
as Mattie WilliamsAn intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a...
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Jewel
as CathedralIn the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's...
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Showing Roots
as HattieSet in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries...
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Wilma
as Blanche RudolphThe story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three...
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The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. WattsCarrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious...
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as CastraliaLucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If...
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Free to Be… You and Me
as SelfFree to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and...
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Relative Stranger
as PearlAfter the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned...
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Night of 100 Stars
as SelfThe most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...
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Intimate Encounters
as Dr. Claire DaltonIt started as fantasy...and ended as intimate encounters.
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Duplicates
as Dr. RandolphA family falls victim to a scientific institute that removes memories and transfers them to a...
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Blessed Assurance
as Vesta Lotte BattleUpon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South...
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Marriage: Year One
as Emma TeasleyA medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.
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The Road to Galveston
as Jordan RooseveltJordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she...
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as SweetsA troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.
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The Marva Collins Story
as Marva CollinsCicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago...
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The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Etta MercerIn this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household...
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Heat Wave
as Ruthana RichardsonA rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the...
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Carib Gold
as DottieThe hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues...
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Acceptable Risks
as Janet FrammThe manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to...
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How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne,...
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Just an Old Sweet Song
as Priscilla SimmonsUpon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack...
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Playing with Fire
as Carol PhillipsGary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his...
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Benny's Place
as OdessaTime begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at...
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House of Secrets
as EvangelineMarion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her...
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
as uncreditedExcerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted...
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Neighbors
as uncreditedRacial tensions come out of the woodwork when an upper-class white couple puts their suburban...
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Fat Rose and Squeaky
as CelineThe Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life,...
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The Other Boys of Summer
as NarratorThe story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ondine BurdettIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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House of Cards
as Doris JonesSet in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Mission: Impossible
as Alma RossMission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - GuestA morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - HostA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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How to Get Away with Murder
as Ophelia HarknessA sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-HostThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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The Outer Limits
as Justice Gretchen ParkhurstAnthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...
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Madam Secretary
as Flo AveryAfter years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The...
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Emergency!
as Mrs. JohnsonThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
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Tony Awards
as Self - HostThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - Co-HostThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Naked City
as Darlene KnoxNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestFormer news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...
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Gunsmoke
as Rachel BiggsGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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The F.B.I.
as Julie HarmonThe F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...
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The F.B.I.
as Lainey HarberThe F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Betty KellyThe Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the...
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The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
as uncreditedThe command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world....
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The Proud Family
as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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The Flip Wilson Show
as SelfThe Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September...
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Roots
as BintaThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...
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Judd for the Defense
as uncreditedHigh-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...
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Dinah!
as SelfDinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...
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The Bill Cosby Show
as Mildred HermosaThe Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday...
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East Side/West Side
as uncreditedEast Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson,...
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People's Choice Awards
as Self - PresenterAn American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public...
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Cherish the Day
as Miss Luma Lee LangstonA chronicle of the stirring relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day....
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Cowboy in Africa
as Julie AndersonCowboy in Africa was an American Broadcasting Company television series produced during...
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B.L. Stryker
as uncreditedB.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5,...
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marva CollinsHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Ross TubmanA television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave...
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Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Emily LincolnWithout warning, an earthquake rips through the "City That Never Sleeps," turning it into a...
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King
as Coretta Scott KingThe story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister...
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as CastaliaLucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If...
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