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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1972
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2009
The Mike Douglas Show
1972
Saturday Night Live
1979
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2021
The Outer Limits
2000
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2009
The Tamron Hall Show
2020
Touched by an Angel
2000
Golden Globe Awards
1985
How to Get Away with Murder
2015
Madam Secretary
2019

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
114
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2020
A Fall from Grace
as Alice
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2020
Cherish the Day
as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2019
The Other Boys of Summer
as Narrator
2019
Madam Secretary
as Flo Avery
2017
Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. Hightower
2017
Steve
as Self
2016
Showing Roots
as Hattie
2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016
House of Cards
as Doris Jones
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
as Ophelia Harkness
2014
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Watts
2013
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama Kay
2012
Alex Cross
as Nana Mama
2011
The Help
as Constantine Jefferson
2010
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Ola
2009
Relative Stranger
as Pearl
2009
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ondine Burdett
2006
Idlewild
as Mother Hopkins
2006
Madea's Family Reunion
as Myrtle
2006
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Celine
2005
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria Dump
2005
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Myrtle
2002
The Rosa Parks Story
as Leona Edwards McCauley
2002
Remembering Roots
as Self
2002
The Proud Family
as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
2001
Jewel
as Cathedral
2000
The Outer Limits
as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
2000
Touched by an Angel
as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1999
A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante Lou
1999
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Emily Lincoln
1998
Always Outnumbered
as Luvia
1998
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1998
Mama Flora's Family
as Mama Flora
1997
Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. Clair
1997
Ms. Scrooge
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997
Blessed Assurance
as Vesta Lotte Battle
1997
Riot
as Maggie
1997
Bridge of Time
as Guardian
1996
The Road to Galveston
as Jordan Roosevelt
1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castralia
1994
Sweet Justice
1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castalia
1993
House of Secrets
as Evangeline
1992
Duplicates
as Dr. Randolph
1992
When No One Would Listen
as Sarah
1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Sipsey
1990
Heat Wave
as Ruthana Richardson
1990
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Etta Mercer
1990
B.L. Stryker
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1986
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Muriel
1986
Acceptable Risks
as Janet Framm
1986
Intimate Encounters
as Dr. Claire Dalton
1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1985
Playing with Fire
as Carol Phillips
1985
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1985
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1984
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1982
Benny's Place
as Odessa
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1981
Bustin' Loose
as Vivian Perry
1981
The Marva Collins Story
as Marva Collins
1981
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marva Collins
1979
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Elaine
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1978
King
as Coretta Scott King
1978
A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Ross Tubman
1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Sweets
1977
Wilma
as Blanche Rudolph
1977
Roots
as Binta
1977
The Oscars
as Self
1976
The River Niger
as Mattie Williams
1976
The Blue Bird
as Tylette
1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Priscilla Simmons
1976
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Self - Introducer
1976
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Jane Pittman
1974
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self
1974
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1974
Film '72
as Self
1973
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1973
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1972
Sounder
as Rebecca Morgan
1972
Emergency!
as Mrs. Johnson
1972
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1971
Marriage: Year One
as Emma Teasley
1971
Neighbors
as Vicky Gunther
1970
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mildred Hermosa
1970
Gunsmoke
as Rachel Biggs
1970
Mission: Impossible
as Alma Ross
1969
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969
The F.B.I.
as Lainey Harber
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Betty Kelly
1968
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Portia Copeland
1968
The F.B.I.
as Julie Harmon
1967
The Comedians
as Marie Therese
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Cowboy in Africa
as Julie Anderson
1967
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1967
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1966
A Man Called Adam
as Claudia Ferguson
1963
Naked City
as Darlene Knox
1963
East Side/West Side
1960
A Morning For Jimmy
as Sister
1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1959
The Last Angry Man
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1956
Carib Gold
as Dottie