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
822020s
2 titles · average score 58
43
as Alice
74
TV show · as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2010s
11 titles · average score 66
as Narrator
79
as Mrs. Hightower
51
as Hattie
81
as Mrs. Watts
79
TV show · as Ophelia Harkness
68
TV show · as Flo Avery
77
TV show · as Doris Jones
43
as Nana Mama
85
as Constantine Jefferson
2000s
10 titles · average score 54
52
as Pearl
as Celine
59
as Mother Hopkins
50
as Myrtle
58
as Gloria Dump
46
as Myrtle
72
as Leona Edwards McCauley
59
as Cathedral
62
TV show · as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
1990s
19 titles · average score 64
58
as Tante Lou
77
TV show · as Mama Flora
67
as Stephanie St. Clair
56
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
as Jordan Roosevelt
60
TV show · as Castalia
TV show
56
as Dr. Randolph
83
as Sipsey
64
as Etta Mercer
65
as Ruthana Richardson
1980s
10 titles · average score 65
41
TV show
69
TV show · as Mrs. Browne
80
as Mrs. Browne
as Dr. Claire Dalton
as Janet Framm
as Carol Phillips
as Odessa
59
as Vivian Perry
75
as Marva Collins
1970s
13 titles · average score 66
74
TV show · as Harriet Ross Tubman
73
TV show · as Coretta Scott King
76
TV show · as Binta
54
as Blanche Rudolph
64
as Mattie Williams
as Priscilla Simmons
53
as Tylette
74
as Jane Pittman
85
as Rebecca Morgan
78
TV show · as Mrs. Johnson
as Emma Teasley
1960s
11 titles · average score 71
67
TV show · as Betty Kelly
58
TV show · as Mildred Hermosa
89
as Portia Copeland
TV show · as Julie Anderson
62
as Marie Therese
62
as Claudia Ferguson
79
TV show · as Alma Ross
65
TV show · as Lainey Harber / Julie Harmon
82
TV show
as Sister
1950s
6 titles · average score 76
81
as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
68
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
69
TV show · as Darlene Knox
as Dottie
76
TV show · as Rachel Biggs
85
TV show · as Marva Collins