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Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson at the 1992 Emmy Awards.
Born	December 19, 1933 (age 73) New York City, New York, USA
Spouse(s)	Miles Davis (1981-1988)
Notable roles	Rebecca Morgan in Sounder Jane Pittman in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Coretta Scott King in King
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie 1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Actress of the Year 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Outstanding Lead Actress in a Movie 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Cicely Tyson (b. December 19, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress.

Tyson's devout Christian parents came from the island of Nevis of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York City.

Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 3 Television Work 4 External links

Tyson was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine, and became a popular fashion model. Her first film was an uncredited role in Carib Gold in 1957, but she went on to do television - the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the long-running soap opera The Guiding Light.

In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the following year, had a featured role in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the critically acclaimed Sounder. In 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Other acclaimed television roles included Roots, King, in which she portrayed Coretta Scott King, The Marva Collins Story, When No One Would Listen and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All for which she received her third Emmy award.

In 2005, Tyson co-starred in the movies Because of Winn-Dixie and Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Also the same year she was honored by Oprah Winfrey at her Legends Ball.

Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

She was married to Miles Davis from 1981 to 1988.

• Carib Gold (1957)
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
• The Last Angry Man (1959)
• A Man Called Adam (1966)
• The Comedians (1967)
• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
• Sounder (1972)
• The Blue Bird (1976)
• The River Niger (1976)
• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
• The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
• Bustin' Loose (1981)
• Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
• Hoodlum (1997)
• The Double Dutch Divas! (2001) (short subject)
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
• Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
• Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
• Idlewild (2006)
• Rwanda Rising (2007) (documentary)

• East Side/West Side (1963-1964)
• Guiding Light (cast member in 1966)
• Marriage: Year One (1971) (unsold pilot)
• Neighbors (1971)
• Wednesday Night Out (1972)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
• Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
• Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
• Roots (1977) (miniseries)
• Wilma (1977)
• King (1978) (miniseries)
• A Woman Called Moses (1978)
• The Marva Collins Story (1981)
• Benny's Place (1982)
• Playing with Fire (1985)
• Intimate Encounters (1986)
• Acceptable Risks (1986)
• Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
• The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
• Heat Wave (1990)
• Clippers (1991) (unsold pilot)
• Duplicates (1992)
• When No One Would Listen (1992)
• House of Secrets (1993)
• Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
• Sweet Justice (1994-1995)
• The Road to Galveston (1996)
• Bridge of Time (1997)
• Riot (1997)
• The Price of Heaven (1997)
• Ms. Scrooge (1997)
• Always Outnumbered (1998)
• Mama Flora's Family (1998)
• A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
• Jewel (2001)
• The Rosa Parks Story (2002)

• Cicely Tyson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cicely Tyson at the Internet Movie Database
• Cicely Tyson at the Notable Names Database
• Tyson Cicely Tyson at the TCM Movie Database
• Cicely Tyson at Yahoo! Movies

Awards
Preceded by Katharine Hepburn Love Among the Ruins	Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Movie 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Succeeded by Cloris Leachman A Brand New Life
Preceded by Mary Tyler Moore Stolen Babies	Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Succeeded by Judy Davis Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Shirley Knight Indictment: The McMartin Trial