Acting
Cicely Tyson
- Titles
- 61movies43TV shows
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2020, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 32top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
East Side/West Side82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.3average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.1average 4.9
- Family Dynamics6.7average 4.7
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Wholesome4.9average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.3, average 5.1
- Uncanny1.1, average 2.5
- Scare1.4, average 2.6
- Mystery2.9, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 9
- Historical Drama 9
- Social Commentary 7
- Character Study 7
- Coming-of-Age 5
- Family Saga 4
- Socially Conscious 3
- Southern Charm 3
- Overcoming Adversity 3
- American History 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Biographical 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kevin HooksActorSounder, A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, Just an Old Sweet Song, Heat Wave
Ossie DavisActorEast Side/West Side, King, A Man Called Adam
Blair UnderwoodActorMama Flora's Family, The Trip to Bountiful, Heat Wave
Paul WinfieldActorKing, Sounder, A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Louis Gossett Jr.ActorRoots, The River Niger, Benny's Place
Laurence FishburneActorHoodlum, Last Flag Flying, Always Outnumbered
Donald SutherlandActorOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Tyler PerryActorA Fall from Grace, Diary of a Mad Black Woman- EEric HooksActorSounder, Just an Old Sweet Song
Katherine HelmondActorThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ms. Scrooge
Melissa GilbertActorSweet Justice, House of Secrets
Robert HooksActorA Woman Called Moses, Just an Old Sweet Song
Movies and TV shows
201990s
20 titles · average score 64
58
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
as Tante Lou
73
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV show · as Ondine Burdett
61
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
TV show · as Emily Lincoln
77
Mama Flora's Family (1998)
TV show · as Mama Flora
72
Always Outnumbered (1998)
as Luvia
56
Hoodlum (1997)
as Stephanie St. Clair
56
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Blessed Assurance (1997)
as Vesta Lotte Battle
The Road to Galveston (1996)
as Jordan Roosevelt
82
The Outer Limits (1995)
TV show · as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
69
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
TV show · as Castalia
Sweet Justice (1994)
TV show
44
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV show · as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
42
House of Secrets (1993)
as Evangeline
58
Duplicates (1992)
as Dr. Randolph
75
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Sipsey
64
The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
as Etta Mercer
68
Heat Wave (1990)
as Ruthana Richardson