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Cicely Tyson Acting Filmography (65)

How It Feels to Be Free
2021·Self (archival footage)
A Fall from Grace
2020·Alice
The Other Boys of Summer
2019·Narrator
Last Flag Flying
2017·Mrs. Hightower
Showing Roots
2016·Hattie
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016·Self
The Trip to Bountiful
2014·Mrs. Watts
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013·Mama Kay
Alex Cross
2012·Nana Mama
The Help
2011·Constantine Jefferson
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010·Ola
Relative Stranger
2009·Pearl
Idlewild
2006·Mother Hopkins
Madea's Family Reunion
2006·Myrtle
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006·Celine
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005·Gloria Dump
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005·Myrtle
The Rosa Parks Story
2002·Leona Edwards McCauley
Remembering Roots
2002·Self
Jewel
2001·Cathedral
A Lesson Before Dying
1999·Tante Lou
Always Outnumbered
1998·Luvia
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998·Self
Hoodlum
1997·Stephanie St. Clair
Ms. Scrooge
1997·Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Blessed Assurance
1997·Vesta Lotte Battle
Riot
1997·Maggie
Bridge of Time
1997·Guardian
The Road to Galveston
1996·Jordan Roosevelt
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994·Castralia
House of Secrets
1993·Evangeline
Duplicates
1992·Dr. Randolph
When No One Would Listen
1992·Sarah
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991·Sipsey
Heat Wave
1990·Ruthana Richardson
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990·Etta Mercer
The Women of Brewster Place
1989·Mrs. Browne
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986·Muriel
Acceptable Risks
1986·Janet Framm
Intimate Encounters
1986·Dr. Claire Dalton
Playing with Fire
1985·Carol Phillips
Benny's Place
1982·Odessa
Night of 100 Stars
1982·Self
Bustin' Loose
1981·Vivian Perry
The Marva Collins Story
1981·Marva Collins
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979·Elaine
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977·Sweets
Wilma
1977·Blanche Rudolph
The River Niger
1976·Mattie Williams
The Blue Bird
1976·Tylette
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976·Priscilla Simmons
Everybody Rides the Carousel
1976·Self - Introducer
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974·Jane Pittman
Free to Be… You and Me
1974·Self
Sounder
1972·Rebecca Morgan
Marriage: Year One
1971·Emma Teasley
Neighbors
1971·Vicky Gunther
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968·Portia Copeland
The Comedians
1967·Marie Therese
A Man Called Adam
1966·Claudia Ferguson
A Morning For Jimmy
1960·Sister
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959·Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
The Last Angry Man
1959·Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
Carib Gold
1956·Dottie