Movies
TV Shows
Actors
Cicely Tyson
Dec 19, 1924 (100 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Emergency!
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Credits
2021 ·
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2020 ·
Cherish the Day
as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2020 ·
A Fall from Grace
as Alice
2019 ·
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019 ·
The Other Boys of Summer
as Narrator
2017 ·
Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. Hightower
2016 ·
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016 ·
Showing Roots
as Hattie
2014 ·
How to Get Away with Murder
as Ophelia Harkness
2014 ·
Madam Secretary
as Flo Avery
2014 ·
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Watts
2014 ·
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2013 ·
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama Kay
2013 ·
House of Cards
as Doris Jones
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
2006 ·
Idlewild
as Mother Hopkins
2006 ·
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Celine
2006 ·
Madea's Family Reunion
as Myrtle
2005 ·
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
as
2005 ·
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Myrtle
2005 ·
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria Dump
2002 ·
The Rosa Parks Story
as Leona Edwards McCauley
2001 ·
The Proud Family
as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
2001 ·
Jewel
as Cathedral
1999 ·
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Emily Lincoln
1999 ·
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ondine Burdett
1999 ·
A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante Lou
1998 ·
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1998 ·
Mama Flora's Family
as Mama Flora
1998 ·
Always Outnumbered
as Luvia
1997 ·
Ms. Scrooge
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997 ·
Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. Clair
1997 ·
Blessed Assurance
as Vesta Lotte Battle
1996 ·
The Road to Galveston
as Jordan Roosevelt
1995 ·
The Outer Limits
as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
1994 ·
Touched by an Angel
as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1994 ·
Sweet Justice
as
1994 ·
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castralia
1994 ·
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castalia
1993 ·
House of Secrets
as Evangeline
1992 ·
Duplicates
as Dr. Randolph
1991 ·
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Sipsey
1990 ·
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Etta Mercer
1990 ·
Heat Wave
as Ruthana Richardson
1989 ·
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1989 ·
The Women of Brewster Place
as
1989 ·
B.L. Stryker
as
1988 ·
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1986 ·
Intimate Encounters
as Dr. Claire Dalton
1986 ·
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Muriel
1986 ·
Acceptable Risks
as Janet Framm
1985 ·
Playing with Fire
as Carol Phillips
1982 ·
Benny's Place
as Odessa
1982 ·
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1981 ·
The Marva Collins Story
as Marva Collins
1981 ·
Bustin' Loose
as Vivian Perry
1979 ·
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Elaine
1978 ·
A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Ross Tubman
1978 ·
King
as Coretta Scott King
1977 ·
Wilma
as Blanche Rudolph
1977 ·
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Sweets
1977 ·
Roots
as Binta
1976 ·
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Priscilla Simmons
1976 ·
The Blue Bird
as Tylette
1976 ·
The River Niger
as Mattie Williams
1975 ·
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975 ·
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Self - Introducer
1975 ·
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1974 ·
Dinah!
as Self
1974 ·
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self
1974 ·
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Jane Pittman
1973 ·
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1972 ·
Sounder
as Rebecca Morgan
1972 ·
Emergency!
as Mrs. Johnson
1971 ·
Neighbors
as
1971 ·
Marriage: Year One
as Emma Teasley
1970 ·
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1969 ·
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Betty Kelly
1969 ·
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mildred Hermosa
1969 ·
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
as
1968 ·
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Portia Copeland
1967 ·
The Comedians
as Marie Therese
1967 ·
Cowboy in Africa
as Julie Anderson
1967 ·
Judd for the Defense
as
1966 ·
Mission: Impossible
as Alma Ross
1966 ·
A Man Called Adam
as Claudia Ferguson
1965 ·
The F.B.I.
as Julie Harmon
1965 ·
The F.B.I.
as Lainey Harber
1963 ·
East Side/West Side
as
1962 ·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1961 ·
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961 ·
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1960 ·
A Morning For Jimmy
as Sister
1959 ·
The Last Angry Man
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1959 ·
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1958 ·
Naked City
as Darlene Knox
1956 ·
Carib Gold
as Dottie
1956 ·
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956 ·
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956 ·
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1955 ·
Gunsmoke
as Rachel Biggs
1953 ·
The Oscars
as Self
1951 ·
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marva Collins
1944 ·
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
