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Cecily Tyson played the title character
- In 1974’s “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” Cecily Tyson played the title character from her young adulthood in slavery to her civil rights activism at age 110.
Cicely Tyson did an incredibly job playing both a younger Miss Jane and a hundred year-plus character as well. To make all this possible, makeup and prosthetics were used that even today would be admirable.
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- Drama, History
- John Korty
- 1974-01-31
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is an American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the titular heroine. The film was broadcast on CBS on Thursday , January 31, 1974 .
Tyson won three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work in television winning for, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994). She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play her performance in The Trip to Bountiful in 2014.
Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman, 1974. The book was made into an award-winning television movie, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, broadcast on CBS in 1974. The film holds importance as one of the first made-for-TV movies to deal with African-American characters with depth and sympathy.
- Ernest J. Gaines
- 1971
Aug 18, 2019 · In TV, her breakthrough came from playing the lead in 1974’s The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. The CBS movie tells the story of a woman born into slavery who survives life on a...
Apr 2, 2014 · She also portrayed notable roles on television, including Kunta Kinte's mother in the adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots and the title role in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, which earned...
Jan 28, 2021 · The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman earned Cicely Tyson her first Primetime Emmy. Her character, Jane Pittman, goes through life from her days as a young slave to the end of the Civil War.
