2007-02-04 07:43:50 · 8 answers · asked by TylerR 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
She is an older black actress. I can't remember what movies she's been in but they were mostly in the 80's. You should search her.
2007-02-04 07:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by Wiser now 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cicely Tyson
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Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson at the 1992 Emmy Awards.
Born December 19, 1933 (age 73)
Harlem, New York, USA
Spouse(s) Miles Davis 1981-1988
Notable roles Jane Pittman, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Rebecca Morgan, Sounder
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933 in New York City) is an award-winning American actress.
Her devout Christian parents came from the island of Nevis (Saint Kitts and Nevis) in the West Indies, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York.
[edit] Career
She 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 won another Emmy).
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.
Cicely Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
She was married in 1981 and divorced in 1988 from legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. He had three children, one daughter and two sons, by two other wives, but none with Tyson. [1]
[edit] Filmography
Idlewild (2006)
Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
The Double Dutch Divas! (2001) (short subject) (narrator)
Hoodlum (1997)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
Bustin' Loose (1981)
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
Roots (1977)
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
The River Niger (1976)
The Blue Bird (1976)
Sounder (1972)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
The Comedians (1967)
A Man Called Adam (1966)
The Last Angry Man (1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Carib Gold (1957)
2007-02-04 07:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by Wally T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-02 08:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An actress from the 1970s.
2007-02-04 07:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by Lee W. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's an actress who gained a great deal of fame for her role in The Diary of Miss Jane Pittman.
2007-02-04 07:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by The Invisible Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She is a singer/actress from Ontario Canada, where I'am from..I believe my home town of Chatham Ont. Can. she is recently being inducted into the Canadain hall fo fame for her song, which the title I can not remember....But am sure she is from Ont. Canada
2007-02-04 08:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by lisadivirgilio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some links ...
2007-02-04 07:47:35 · answer #7 · answered by phaserl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a black actress in her sixties. she was in roots can you say kinta kunta
2007-02-04 08:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋