Cicely Tyson

Full filmography

• How It Feels to Be Free (2021) as Self (archival footage)
• A Fall from Grace (2020) as Alice
• Cherish the Day (2020) as Miss Luma Lee Langston
• Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
• The Other Boys of Summer (2019) as Narrator
• Steve (2017) as Self
• Last Flag Flying (2017) as Mrs. Hightower
• Showing Roots (2016) as Hattie
• Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016) as Self
• How to Get Away with Murder (2014) as Ophelia Harkness
• Madam Secretary (2014) as Flo Avery
• The Trip to Bountiful (2014) as Mrs. Watts
• House of Cards (2013) as Doris Jones
• The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013) as Mama Kay
• Alex Cross (2012) as Nana Mama
• The Help (2011) as Constantine Jefferson
• Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) as Ola
• Relative Stranger (2009) as Pearl
• Madea's Family Reunion (2006) as Myrtle
• Idlewild (2006) as Mother Hopkins
• Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006) as Celine
• The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (2005)
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) as Myrtle
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) as Gloria Dump
• Remembering Roots (2002) as Self
• The Rosa Parks Story (2002) as Leona Edwards McCauley
• The Proud Family (2001) as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)
• Jewel (2001) as Cathedral
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Ondine Burdett
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) as Emily Lincoln
• A Lesson Before Dying (1999) as Tante Lou
• Mama Flora's Family (1998) as Mama Flora
• Always Outnumbered (1998) as Luvia
• Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998) as Self
• Hoodlum (1997) as Stephanie St. Clair
• Riot (1997) as Maggie
• Blessed Assurance (1997) as Vesta Lotte Battle
• Ms. Scrooge (1997) as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
• Bridge of Time (1997) as Guardian
• The Road to Galveston (1996) as Jordan Roosevelt
• The Outer Limits (1995) as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as Abigail Peabody-Jackson
• Sweet Justice (1994)
• Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) as Castalia
• Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) as Castralia
• House of Secrets (1993) as Evangeline
• Duplicates (1992) as Dr. Randolph
• When No One Would Listen (1992) as Sarah
• Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) as Sipsey
• The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990) as Etta Mercer
• Heat Wave (1990) as Ruthana Richardson
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989) as Mrs. Browne
• B.L. Stryker (1989)
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989) as Mrs. Browne
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
• Acceptable Risks (1986) as Janet Framm
• Intimate Encounters (1986) as Dr. Claire Dalton
• Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986) as Muriel
• Playing with Fire (1985) as Carol Phillips
• Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
• Benny's Place (1982) as Odessa
• The Marva Collins Story (1981) as Marva Collins
• Bustin' Loose (1981) as Vivian Perry
• The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) as Elaine
• A Woman Called Moses (1978) as Harriet Ross Tubman
• King (1978) as Coretta Scott King
• Roots (1977) as Binta
• Wilma (1977) as Blanche Rudolph
• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977) as Sweets
• The Blue Bird (1976) as Tylette
• Everybody Rides the Carousel (1976) as Self - Introducer
• Just an Old Sweet Song (1976) as Priscilla Simmons
• The River Niger (1976) as Mattie Williams
• Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter
• Dinah! (1974) as Self
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) as Jane Pittman
• Free to Be… You and Me (1974) as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
• Emergency! (1972) as Mrs. Johnson
• Sounder (1972) as Rebecca Morgan
• Film '72 (1971) as Self
• Marriage: Year One (1971) as Emma Teasley
• Neighbors (1971) as Vicky Gunther
• The Flip Wilson Show (1970) as Self
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969) as Betty Kelly
• The Bill Cosby Show (1969) as Mildred Hermosa
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words (1969)
• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968) as Portia Copeland
• Judd, for the Defense (1967)
• Cowboy in Africa (1967) as Julie Anderson
• The Comedians (1967) as Marie Therese
• Mission: Impossible (1966) as Alma Ross
• A Man Called Adam (1966) as Claudia Ferguson
• The F.B.I. (1965) as Julie Harmon
• The F.B.I. (1965) as Lainey Harber
• East Side/West Side (1963)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
• A Morning For Jimmy (1960) as Sister
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
• The Last Angry Man (1959) as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
• Naked City (1958) as Darlene Knox
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Co-Host
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
• Carib Gold (1956) as Dottie
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Rachel Biggs
• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Marva Collins
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter