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Cicely Tyson. Actress: The Help. Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, who had come from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother Theodosia was a domestic worker and her her father William was a carpenter and painter.
Cicely Tyson died on January 28, 2021. Her memoir, Just As I Am, was published two days before her passing. Throughout her long career, she brought ennobling portrayals of African American women to vast television, film, and stage audiences.
Jan 28, 2021 · Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the 1970s, propelling her to...
Jan 29, 2021 · In Sounder, she was a wife and mother in a family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in the 1930s. The part called for Tyson to be tender with her family and to seethe when the town's white...
Jan 29, 2021 · 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. Actress Cicely Tyson has died. In a career that spanned some 65 years, Tyson was an elegant, dignified presence. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: It should come as no surprise that...
Jan 29, 2021 · Jan 29, 2021 6:20 PM EDT. Leave a comment. Transcript Audio. Cicely Tyson, a towering and transformative actress, died Thursday at age 96. From her Harlem roots, she went on to appear in more...
Jan 11, 2021 · Her groundbreaking portrayals of complex, dignified Black women in feature films like ‘‘Sounder’’ (1972) and the 1974 television film ‘‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’’ showed aspects of...
