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Birthday: December 19, 2033
One of America's most respected dramatic actresses, Cicely Tyson has worked steadily as a television, film, and stage actress since making her stage debut in a Harlem YMCA production of +Dark of the Moon in the 1950s. The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, Tyson was raised in Harlem. After working as a secretary and a successful model, she became an actress, landed her first jobs in ...more
- 1972
- National Society of Film Critics
- Best Actress
- Sounder
- win
- 1972
- National Board of Review
- Best Supporting Actress
- Sounder
- win
- 1972
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Sounder
- nom
- 1972
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actress
- Sounder
- nom
- 2006
- Idlewild
- Mother Hopkins
- 2006
- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion
- Myrtle
- 2005
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Gloria Dump
- 2005
- Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- Myrtle
- 2002
- The Rosa Parks Story
- Leona McCauley
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