Cicely Tyson

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Cicely Tyson
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
  • The Help (2011)
  • How to Get Away with Murder
    • (2015–2020)
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    (m. 1981; div. 1989)​
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    Cecily

    Peabody Award
    .

    She garnered widespread attention and critical acclaim for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in

    How to Get Away With Murder
    .

    In addition to her screen career, Tyson appeared in various theater productions. She was awarded for her performances in productions both on and off Broadway.

    Tyson was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2015. In November 2016, Tyson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian honor in the United States. In 2020, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

    Early life

    Tyson was born in the Bronx, New York City, but soon relocated with her family to East Harlem.[5] She was one of three children born to Fredericka (Huggins) Tyson, a domestic worker, and William Augustine Tyson, who worked as a carpenter and painter.[11][12] Her parents were immigrants from Nevis in the West Indies.[13][14] Her father arrived in New York City at age 21 and was processed at Ellis Island on August 4, 1919.[15]

    Tyson grew up in a religious atmosphere. She sang in the choir and attended prayer meetings at an Episcopal church in East Harlem. Tyson's mother was opposed to her becoming an actress and would not speak to her for a time. She changed her mind when she saw Cicely appear on stage.[16]

    Career

    Early work

    Tyson in 1973

    Tyson was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine and became a successful fashion model. Her first acting role was a bit part in the 1956 film Carib Gold[17] and she first appeared onstage in Vinnette Carroll's production of Dark of the Moon at the Harlem YMCA in 1958.[16] Tyson had small roles in the 1959 films Odds Against Tomorrow and The Last Angry Man, as well as the 1960 comedy, Who Was That Lady?[18][19] 1n 1961, she made her television debut in the NBC series Frontiers of Faith.[20]

    In 1962, she became the first African American woman to wear an Afro on television in the United States.

    In the early 1960s, Tyson appeared in the original cast of French playwright

    To Tell The Truth as an "imposter" for Australian singer Shirley Abicair, receiving two of the four possible votes.[24]

    Tyson, who once worked for a social services agency, was spotted by producer

    East Side/West Side (1963–1964), playing the secretary of a social worker played by George C. Scott.[16] She was at the time the only African-American regular member of a TV cast,[25][26] The show was noted for its treatment of social issues, and one of its episodes, on an African-American couple in Harlem (played by James Earl Jones and Diana Sands), was blacked out in Atlanta and Shreveport, Louisiana.[26]

    In the mid-1960s she had a recurring role in the soap opera The Guiding Light.[27] She appeared with Sammy Davis Jr. in the film A Man Called Adam (1966)[28][29] and had a small role in the film version of The Comedians (1967) based on the Graham Greene novel.[30] In 1968 Tyson had a featured role in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.[31]

    Stardom

    In 1972, Tyson played the role of Rebecca Morgan in the film

    Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work in Sounder,[32] and also won the NSFC Best Actress and NBR Best Actress Awards.[33][34]

    In 1974, Tyson played the title role in the television film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Tyson's portrayal of a centenarian black woman's life from slavery until her death before the Civil rights movement won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie and an Emmy Award for Actress of the Year – Special. Tyson was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in this television film.[35]

    Tyson's television roles included: Binta in the 1977 miniseries

    Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie;[32] and Muriel in the 1986 television film Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story, for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.[36]

    Later career

    In 1989, Tyson appeared in the television miniseries The Women of Brewster Place.

    Fried Green Tomatoes as Sipsey.[38] In the 1994–95 television series Sweet Justice, Tyson portrayed a civil rights activist and attorney named Carrie Grace Battle, a character she modeled after Dovey Johnson Roundtree.[39] Her other notable film roles include the dramas Hoodlum (1997) and Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), and the television films Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) (for which she received her third Emmy Award) and A Lesson Before Dying (1999).[40] In 2005, Tyson co-starred in Because of Winn-Dixie.[41]

    In 2010, Tyson appeared in

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[43][44]

    At the

    Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for the role.[47][48]

    In 2013, Tyson played a supporting role in the horror film The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia.[49] Beginning in 2014, Tyson guest-starred on How to Get Away with Murder as Ophelia Harkness, the mother of main character Annalise Keating (Viola Davis); for this role, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

    In 2020, she starred in the popular movie

    A Fall From Grace which was featured on Netflix.[50]

    Personal life

    Davis and Tyson in 1982

    At the age of 18, Tyson married Kenneth Franklin on December 27, 1942.[51] They had a daughter two months later, in February 1943.[52] According to her divorce decree, her husband abandoned her on June 18, 1944. The marriage was formally dissolved in 1956.[53][54]

    Tyson began dating jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in the 1960s when he was in the process of divorcing dancer Frances Davis.[55] Davis used a photo of Tyson for his 1967 album, Sorcerer. Davis told the press in 1967 that he intended to marry Tyson in March 1968 after his divorce was finalized,[56] but instead he married singer Betty Mabry that September.[57]

    Tyson and Davis rekindled their relationship in 1978. They were married on November 26, 1981, in a ceremony conducted by Atlanta mayor Andrew Young at the home of actor Bill Cosby. Their marriage was tumultuous due to Davis' volatile temper and infidelity.[58] Davis credited Tyson with saving his life and helping him overcome his cocaine addiction.[58] They resided in Malibu, California, and New York City, until she filed for divorce in 1988.[59] Their divorce was finalized in 1989, two years before Davis died in 1991.[58]

    Tyson was godmother to the singer Lenny Kravitz, having been friends with his mother, actress Roxie Roker, as well as to Denzel Washington's daughter Katia and Tyler Perry's son Aman.[60]

    Tyson was an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.[61] She was a member of the Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York.[62] She was a vegetarian.[63] She was also a first-cousin of Louis Farrakhan, a longtime leader of the Nation of Islam.[64]

    Tyson's memoir, Just as I Am, was published on January 26, 2021,[65] and she promoted the book during the last weeks of her life. When she was asked how she wanted to be remembered in an interview with Gayle King, Tyson said, "I've done my best. That's all."[66]

    Death

    Tyson died on January 28, 2021, at the age of 96.[65] Her funeral was held February 16 at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, and was attended by Tyler Perry, her godson Lenny Kravitz, and Bill and Hillary Clinton.[67]

    Tyson was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) with former husband Miles Davis.

    Filmography

    Main article: Cicely Tyson on screen and stage

    Selected credits:

    Awards and honors

    Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an

    Tony Award. 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. Tyson won her Honorary Academy Award in 2018 with the inscription reading, "Whose unforgettable performances and personal integrity have inspired generations of filmmakers, actors and audiences."

    Tyson has also received various honours for her lifetime achievement as a groundbreaking artist. In 2015, she received a

    Peabody Award. That same year she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame
    .

    Tyson in 2009

    In 1977, Tyson was inducted into the

    Women in Film Crystal Award. The award is given to outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.[69] In 1988, Tyson received a Candace Award for Distinguished Service from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.[70] In 1997, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[71]

    In 2005, Tyson was honored at

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the National Council of Negro Women.[72][73] Tyson was awarded the NAACP's 2010 Spingarn Medal for her contribution to the entertainment industry, her modeling career, and her support of civil rights.[74][75][76] Tyson was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015.[77] She was awarded the United States' highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Barack Obama in November 2016.[78] In September 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Tyson would receive an Academy Honorary Award.[79] On November 18, 2018, Tyson became the first African-American woman to receive an honorary Oscar.[80] In 2018, Tyson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[81] One of 12 soundstages was named after Tyson in her honor at Tyler Perry Studios. She was chosen to be inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in 2020.[82] In 2022, she was posthumously inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in 2022.[83]

    Tyson received honorary degrees from

    Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, a magnet school in East Orange, New Jersey, was named after her in 2009.[88]

    Notes

    1. ^ At the time of her death, numerous sources, most notably the New York Times, listed Tyson's date of birth as December 18, 1924. Indeed it was the Times, back in 2013, that had first broken the story, confirmed by Tyson, that the actress was in fact 88 years old, and thus born in December 1924 rather than 1933 as had been previously reported.[6] As Tyson explained in her 2021 memoir, "1933" was no mistake, but rather a prime example of the age-shaving initiated by her onetime manager and perpetuated by Tyson with the express intent of bypassing the pervasive age discrimination facing women in the industry. That said, no matter how many years mysteriously vanished along the way, the month and day of her birth, as cited in media accounts throughout Tyson's career, had remained a constant at December 19.[7] By contrast, the only source for the Times' 12/18 date seems to be a 1935 document, the Petition for Naturalization filed by Cicely's father William Augustine Tyson on July 31 of that year. The problem is that by that time, again as recounted in the 2021 memoir, it had been at least seven months—and perhaps as many as 10—since Mr. Tyson actually resided with his wife and children. The previous fall, no longer willing to put up with William's persistent and unrepentant adultery (not to mention his hair-trigger temper when confronted regarding this behavior), Fredericka Tyson had gathered their three children plus essential belongings and promptly moved to a new address, where her husband was welcome to visit—so as not to deprive their children of a father altogether—but no more than that.[8] (Just how deep a rift had been opened up between the two may perhaps be gleaned from the 1940 U.S. Census entry for the Tyson family, now minus William, wherein all four remaining Tysons have retroactively been 'reborn' in South Carolina.[2]) And so, coming some seven to 10 months after their informal separation, with his attention presumably even more divided than before, a slight lack of precision regarding his eldest daughter's birth date should not come as too great a surprise.

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