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Cicely Tyson, Pioneering Actress, Dead at 96
The Emmy- and Tony-winning Hollywood icon received an Oscar nomination in 1973 for ‘Sounder’ and became a household name for her starring role in ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’
Cicely Tyson, the trailblazing actress died whose career spanned more than six decades, died Thursday afternoon, her manager Larry Thompson confirmed. She was 96.
From the start of her career, Tyson resolved to portray strong, positive, and realistic images of black women onscreen, and for many, she represented an enduring strength. Tyson received an Oscar nomination in 1973 for Martin Ritt’s drama Sounder (and was finally given an honorary Oscar in 2018), and became famous to a wider audience for her starring role in the 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, in which she played the 110-year-old woman recalling her life, which required her to portray the character over nine decades. She was in the original, 1961 off-Broadway pr