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Jan 29, 2021 · NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide ...
Jan 29, 2021 · Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The ...
Dec 27, 2021 · The most indelible image of Cicely Tyson for me, as is it likely is for many other people, is Rebecca in the 1972 movie Sounder.I was only 10 at the time the film came out, but I instantly saw in ...
Jan 28, 2021 · Cicely Tyson (1924–2021), award-winning star of “Sounder,” “The Help”. By Linnea Crowther January 28, 2021. 0. Cicely Tyson, the award-winning actress whose film, television, and theater ...
Feb 4, 2021 · Cicely Tyson was born on December 9, 1924, in Harlem, New York. She was the youngest of three children of West Indian immigrants from Nevis. Ms. Tyson was discovered by an Ebony magazine photographer, which launched her career as a fashion model. In 1951, she had a small role in the television show Frontiers of Faith that began her long and ...
Jan 29, 2021 · Cicely Tyson’s deathcomes days after her memoir was released. These are the book’s most poignant moments. Multi-talented Debbie Allen said Tyson "will always be the Life of our Party."
Jan 28, 2021 · Cicely Louise Tyson was born Dec. 18, 1924, in New York City to West Indian immigrant parents. Her show-business career began inadvertently when she was asked to model at a hairstyle show and was ...
