Acting
Cicely Tyson
- Titles
- 60movies43TV shows
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2020, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 32top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Sounder85/100
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 Dynamics6.6average 4.7
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Wholesome5.0average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.3, average 5.1
- Uncanny1.1, average 2.5
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
- Mystery2.9, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Character Study 7
- Social Commentary 7
- Coming-of-Age 5
- American History 4
- Family Saga 4
- Socially Conscious 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Southern Charm 3
- Civil Rights Movement 3
- Social Justice 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kevin HooksActorSounder, Heat Wave, A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, Just an Old Sweet Song
Blair UnderwoodActorMama Flora's Family, The Trip to Bountiful, Heat Wave
Paul WinfieldActorKing, Sounder, A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Ossie DavisActorEast Side/West Side, King, A Man Called Adam
Louis Gossett Jr.ActorRoots, The River Niger, Benny's Place
Laurence FishburneActorHoodlum, Last Flag Flying, Always Outnumbered
Stan ShawActorFried Green Tomatoes, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
James Earl JonesActorHeat Wave, The River Niger
E.G. MarshallActorOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Katherine HelmondActorThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ms. Scrooge
Robert HooksActorA Woman Called Moses, Just an Old Sweet Song
Shemar MooreActorMama Flora's Family, Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Movies and TV shows
332010s
4 titles · average score 81
79
as Mrs. Hightower
81
as Mrs. Watts
79
TV show · as Ophelia Harkness
85
as Constantine Jefferson
2000s
3 titles · average score 63
58
as Gloria Dump
72
as Leona Edwards McCauley
59
as Cathedral
1990s
10 titles · average score 67
58
as Tante Lou
73
TV show · as Ondine Burdett
61
TV show · as Emily Lincoln
77
TV show · as Mama Flora
72
as Luvia
56
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
as Vesta Lotte Battle
60
TV show · as Castalia
83
as Sipsey
1980s
4 titles · average score 74
69
TV show · as Mrs. Browne
80
as Mrs. Browne
75
as Marva Collins
1970s
7 titles · average score 71
74
TV show · as Harriet Ross Tubman
73
TV show · as Coretta Scott King
76
TV show · as Binta
54
as Blanche Rudolph
74
as Jane Pittman
85
as Rebecca Morgan
1960s
4 titles · average score 74
89
as Portia Copeland
62
as Marie Therese
62
as Claudia Ferguson
82
TV show
1950s
1 title · average score 68
68
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)