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Acting

Cicely Tyson

Career: Active from 1956 to 2020, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Marva Collins Story
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Cicely Tyson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Absurdist Humor
0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Historical Drama 8
Social Commentary 7
Character Study 6
Coming-of-Age 5
Overcoming Adversity 3
Southern Charm 3
American History 3
Nostalgic 3
Socially Conscious 3
Family Saga 3
Biographical Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 52

A Fall from Grace

40

as Alice

Cherish the Day

64

TV show · as Miss Luma Lee Langston

2010s

11 titles · average score 61

The Other Boys of Summer

as Narrator

Last Flag Flying

70

as Mrs. Hightower

Showing Roots

as Hattie

The Trip to Bountiful

65

as Mrs. Watts

How to Get Away with Murder

79

TV show · as Ophelia Harkness

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as Flo Avery

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

35

as Mama Kay

House of Cards

77

TV show · as Doris Jones

Alex Cross

33

as Nana Mama

The Help

75

as Constantine Jefferson

Why Did I Get Married Too?

47

as Ola

2000s

10 titles · average score 53

Relative Stranger

50

as Pearl

Fat Rose and Squeaky

as Celine

Idlewild

57

as Mother Hopkins

Madea's Family Reunion

49

as Myrtle

Because of Winn-Dixie

59

as Gloria Dump

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

45

as Myrtle

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

31

TV show

The Rosa Parks Story

71

as Leona Edwards McCauley

Jewel

58

as Cathedral

The Proud Family

62

TV show · as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)

1990s

22 titles · average score 64

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Ondine Burdett

A Lesson Before Dying

72

as Tante Lou

Mama Flora's Family

77

TV show · as Mama Flora

Hoodlum

56

as Stephanie St. Clair

Ms. Scrooge

58

as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge

The Road to Galveston

as Jordan Roosevelt

TV show

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

69

TV show · as Castalia

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

58

as Castralia

Duplicates

58

as Dr. Randolph

Fried Green Tomatoes

75

as Sipsey

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

64

as Etta Mercer

1980s

10 titles · average score 66

B.L. Stryker

41

TV show

The Women of Brewster Place

69

TV show · as Mrs. Browne

The Women of Brewster Place

80

as Mrs. Browne

Intimate Encounters

as Dr. Claire Dalton

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

as Muriel

Acceptable Risks

as Janet Framm

Playing with Fire

as Carol Phillips

Benny's Place

as Odessa

Bustin' Loose

59

as Vivian Perry

The Marva Collins Story

83

as Marva Collins

1970s

14 titles · average score 61

A Woman Called Moses

73

TV show · as Harriet Ross Tubman

King

73

TV show · as Coretta Scott King

Roots

76

TV show · as Binta

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

63

as Sweets

Wilma

55

as Blanche Rudolph

The River Niger

56

as Mattie Williams

The Blue Bird

25

as Tylette

Just an Old Sweet Song

as Priscilla Simmons

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

62

as Jane Pittman

Sounder

80

as Rebecca Morgan

Emergency!

78

TV show · as Mrs. Johnson

Neighbors

as Vicky Gunther

1960s

11 titles · average score 67

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

67

TV show · as Betty Kelly

The Bill Cosby Show

58

TV show · as Mildred Hermosa

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

89

as Portia Copeland

Judd, for the Defense

76

TV show

Cowboy in Africa

TV show · as Julie Anderson

The Comedians

41

as Marie Therese

A Man Called Adam

50

as Claudia Ferguson

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Alma Ross

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Lainey Harber / Julie Harmon

East Side/West Side

82

TV show

A Morning For Jimmy

as Sister

1950s

6 titles · average score 75

Odds Against Tomorrow

82

as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)

The Last Angry Man

62

as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)

Naked City

69

TV show · as Darlene Knox

Carib Gold

as Dottie

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Rachel Biggs

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Marva Collins