Cicely Tyson: movies and TV shows
Cicely Tyson has 113 credits in the archive: 66 films and 47 TV series, from 1944 to 2021. Highest rated: People's Choice Awards (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2021 · busiest year: 1997 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | How It Feels to Be Free | Self (archival footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2020 | A Fall from Grace | Alice | Film | 7.0 | 95 |
| 2020 | Cherish the Day | Miss Luma Lee Langston | TV | 7.4 | 95 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 94 |
| 2019 | The Other Boys of Summer | Narrator | Film | — | 94 |
| 2017 | Steve | Self | TV | 6.0 | 92 |
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying | Mrs. Hightower | Film | 6.8 | 92 |
| 2016 | Showing Roots | Hattie | Film | 5.6 | 91 |
| 2016 | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self | Film | 8.0 | 91 |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | TV | 7.8 | 89 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Flo Avery | TV | 7.0 | 89 |
| 2014 | The Trip to Bountiful | Mrs. Watts | Film | 6.2 | 89 |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Doris Jones | TV | 8.0 | 88 |
| 2013 | The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | Mama Kay | Film | 5.8 | 88 |
| 2012 | Alex Cross | Nana Mama | Film | 5.1 | 87 |
| 2011 | The Help | Constantine Jefferson | Film | 8.2 | 86 |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Ola | Film | 6.5 | 85 |
| 2009 | Relative Stranger | Pearl | Film | 4.4 | 84 |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | Myrtle | Film | 6.4 | 81 |
| 2006 | Idlewild | Mother Hopkins | Film | 5.6 | 81 |
| 2006 | Fat Rose and Squeaky | Celine | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer | TV | 3.8 | 80 | |
| 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Myrtle | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 2005 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Gloria Dump | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | Remembering Roots | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story | Leona Edwards McCauley | Film | 7.1 | 77 |
| 2001 | The Proud Family | Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 76 |
| 2001 | Jewel | Cathedral | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ondine Burdett | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Emily Lincoln | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1999 | A Lesson Before Dying | Tante Lou | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Mama Flora | TV | 7.6 | 73 |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered | Luvia | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 1998 | Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes | Self | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Stephanie St. Clair | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1997 | Riot | Maggie | Film | 5.4 | 72 |
| 1997 | Blessed Assurance | Vesta Lotte Battle | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Ms. Ebenita Scrooge | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 1997 | Bridge of Time | Guardian | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1996 | The Road to Galveston | Jordan Roosevelt | Film | 4.5 | 71 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Justice Gretchen Parkhurst | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Abigail Peabody-Jackson | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 1994 | Sweet Justice | TV | 6.0 | 69 | |
| 1994 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Castalia | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1994 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Castralia | Film | 4.5 | 69 |
| 1993 | House of Secrets | Evangeline | Film | 3.8 | 68 |
| 1992 | Duplicates | Dr. Randolph | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1992 | When No One Would Listen | Sarah | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Sipsey | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 1990 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Etta Mercer | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Ruthana Richardson | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Mrs. Browne | TV | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker | TV | 6.1 | 64 | |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Mrs. Browne | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Film | 6.8 | 64 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 63 |
| 1986 | Acceptable Risks | Janet Framm | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1986 | Intimate Encounters | Dr. Claire Dalton | Film | 3.8 | 61 |
| 1986 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Muriel | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1985 | Playing with Fire | Carol Phillips | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1982 | Benny's Place | Odessa | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Marva Collins | Film | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1981 | Bustin' Loose | Vivian Perry | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Elaine | Film | 4.7 | 54 |
| 1978 | A Woman Called Moses | Harriet Ross Tubman | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1978 | King | Coretta Scott King | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1977 | Roots | Binta | TV | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1977 | Wilma | Blanche Rudolph | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Sweets | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Tylette | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1976 | Everybody Rides the Carousel | Self - Introducer | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1976 | Just an Old Sweet Song | Priscilla Simmons | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1976 | The River Niger | Mattie Williams | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 9.2 | 50 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1974 | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Jane Pittman | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Self | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Mrs. Johnson | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1972 | Sounder | Rebecca Morgan | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1971 | Marriage: Year One | Emma Teasley | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1971 | Neighbors | Vicky Gunther | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 45 |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Betty Kelly | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mildred Hermosa | TV | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1969 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1968 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Portia Copeland | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1967 | Cowboy in Africa | Julie Anderson | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Marie Therese | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Alma Ross | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Claudia Ferguson | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Julie Harmon | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Lainey Harber | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side | TV | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1960 | A Morning For Jimmy | Sister | Film | — | 35 |
| 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrow | Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Girl Left on Porch (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Darlene Knox | TV | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 31 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host | TV | — | 31 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 31 |
| 1956 | Carib Gold | Dottie | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rachel Biggs | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Marva Collins | TV | 8.8 | 26 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 19 |