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Trailblazing Actress And Civil Rights Activist Cicely Tyson Dead At 96

Trailblazing Actress And Civil Rights Activist Cicely Tyson Dead At 96
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Cicely Tyson at the Paley Center in 2015
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The actress and civil rights activist Cicely Tyson died Thursday at the age of 96, after decades of singular, ground-breaking roles on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Her death was announced by her long-time manager, who did not specify a cause of death.
Born in East Harlem in 1924, Tyson worked as a typist at the Red Cross before becoming a model for Ebony Magazine and studied at the Actors Studio, according to severalreports.
Her career often defied the stereotypical roles that Black women were relegated to during her seven decades of acting, at times going without work because of her principles. “She was critical of films and television programs that cast Black characters as criminal, servile or immoral, and insisted that African-Americans, even if poor or downtrodden, should ....

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Cicely Tyson Dies at 96

Cicely Tyson Dies at 96
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Sounder as the sharecropper’s wife in 1972, followed by her role in TV’s
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. She achieved 16 Emmy nominations, winning three and was the first black actress to win a lead actress Emmy.
Small but mighty in talent and spirit, she eventually received an Honorary Oscar in 2019. Her career spanned 70 years racking up dozens of films, TV series and a Tony Award in 2013 for her role as Mrs. Carrie Watts in the revival of Horton Foote’s
Trip to Bountiful on Broadway opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad, which I had the pleasure of seeing, along with her 2015 performance opposite James Earl Jones in ....

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Cicely Tyson Fast Facts - Local News 8

Cicely Tyson Fast Facts - Local News 8
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Cicely Tyson Fast Facts

Cicely Tyson Fast Facts
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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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Personal
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. ....

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Cicely Tyson biographical timeline | American Masters

1968
1972
Release of her film, “Sounder,” for which she is nominated for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award.
1972
1974
Release of her television film, “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” for which she wins an Emmy Award for Best Actress.
1974
1977
Tyson is inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
Release of the miniseries, “Roots,” for which she is nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
1977 ....

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