Trailblazing Hollywood icon
Sounder, has died. She was 96.
Variety reports that Emmy and Tony-winning actress Cicely Tyson, whose career in theater, film, and television spanned seven decades, died Thursday afternoon at the age of 96. A family statement did not reveal the cause.
“I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in a statement. “Cicely thought of her new memoir as a Christmas tree decorated with all the ornaments of her personal and professional life. Today she placed the last ornament, a Star, on top of the tree.”
When Cicely Tyson accepted an Emmy in 1974 for her starring role in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” she smiled into the camera and spoke straight to her mother: “You see, Mom,” she said, “it wasn’t really a den of iniquity after all.”
Some two decades earlier, the sternly religious Theodos
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US actress and honoree Cicely Tyson attended the 10th Annual Governors Awards gala hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the the Dolby Theater at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November 18, 2018. (Photo credit: VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Death date: January 28, 2021
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Cicely Tyson
Mother: Theodosia Tyson
Education: Attended New York University Other Facts Nominated for 14 Emmy Awards and has won three. Nominated for one Academy Award. Recipient of an honorary award. Nominated for one Tony Award and has won one.