Cicely Tyson
Biography
Movies 67
The Help
as Constantine Jefferson
2011
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Sipsey
1991
Hoodlum
as Stephanie St. Clair
1997
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Myrtle
2005
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Ola
2010
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Gloria Dump
2005
A Fall from Grace
as Alice
2020
Madea's Family Reunion
as Myrtle
2006
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Mama Kay
2013
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Elaine
1979
Alex Cross
as Nana Mama
2012
Sounder
as Rebecca Morgan
1972
Last Flag Flying
as Mrs. Hightower
2017
The Blue Bird
as Tylette
1976
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1959
Bustin' Loose
as Vivian Perry
1981
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Portia Copeland
1968
A Lesson Before Dying
as Tante Lou
1999
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Self - Introducer
1976
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self
1974
Heat Wave
as Ruthana Richardson
1990
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Jane Pittman
1974
A Man Called Adam
as Claudia Ferguson
1966
The Marva Collins Story
as Marva Collins
1981
Remembering Roots
as Self
2002
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castralia
1994
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Wilma
as Blanche Rudolph
1977
Idlewild
as Mother Hopkins
2006
The Rosa Parks Story
as Leona Edwards McCauley
2002
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Muriel
1986
Intimate Encounters
as Dr. Claire Dalton
1986
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016
Relative Stranger
as Pearl
2009
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Watts
2014
Jewel
as Cathedral
2001
When No One Would Listen
as Sarah
1992
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
Acceptable Risks
as Janet Framm
1986
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Etta Mercer
1990
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
Duplicates
as Dr. Randolph
1992
Marriage: Year One
as Emma Teasley
1971
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Sweets
1977
The Last Angry Man
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1959
Always Outnumbered
as Luvia
1998
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Priscilla Simmons
1976
Playing with Fire
as Carol Phillips
1985
Blessed Assurance
as Vesta Lotte Battle
1997
Neighbors
as Vicky Gunther
1971
The Road to Galveston
as Jordan Roosevelt
1996
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969
Ms. Scrooge
as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997
The Comedians
as Marie Therese
1967
Riot
as Maggie
1997
Showing Roots
as Hattie
2016
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1998
House of Secrets
as Evangeline
1993
Carib Gold
as Dottie
1956
The River Niger
as Mattie Williams
1976
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Celine
2006
Bridge of Time
as Guardian
1997
The Other Boys of Summer
as Narrator
2019
A Morning For Jimmy
as Sister
1960
Benny's Place
as Odessa
1982TV Shows 47
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ondine Burdett
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
House of Cards
as Doris Jones
2013
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
How to Get Away with Murder
as Ophelia Harkness
2014
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Mission: Impossible
as Alma Ross
1966
Madam Secretary
as Flo Avery
2014
Emergency!
as Mrs. Johnson
1972
Film '72
as Self
1971
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Touched by an Angel
as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
1994
Naked City
as Darlene Knox
1958
The Outer Limits
as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
1995
Steve
as Self
2017
The F.B.I.
as Julie Harmon
1965
The F.B.I.
as Lainey Harber
1965
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Gunsmoke
as Rachel Biggs
1955
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
The Proud Family
as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
2001
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Betty Kelly
1969
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Roots
as Binta
1977
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mildred Hermosa
1969
Sweet Justice
as Carrie Grace Battle
1994
East Side/West Side
1963
B.L. Stryker
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marva Collins
1951
Cowboy in Africa
as Julie Anderson
1967
Cherish the Day
as Miss Luma Lee Langston
2020
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Emily Lincoln
1999
A Woman Called Moses
as Harriet Ross Tubman
1978
King
as Coretta Scott King
1978
Mama Flora's Family
as Mama Flora
1998
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mrs. Browne
1989
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Castalia
1994