Cicely Tyson
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| Known for: |
Guiding Light, Fried Green Tomatoes, Sounder |
| Birthday: |
19 December 1933, New York, New York, USA |
Trivia

Worked as a secretary and model while establishing herself as an actress

Will only portray strong images of women

Co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem with
Arthur Mitchell.

She was married to
Miles Davis by
Andrew Young in the home of
Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby was the best man, and gave away the bride.

Now residing in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

She was the Thursday night host for CBS Radio's "Sears Mystery Theater" (1979). She was still Thursday's host when it became "The Mutual Radio Theater" on Mutual Radio (1980).

Aunt of
Cathy Tyson.

Honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Is the first African American Actress to win an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie for her performance in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman".

In 1972 she and singer-actress
Diana Ross were both nominated for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" Oscars for their performances in
Lady Sings the Blues and
Sounder respectively. This was only the second time in the history of the Academy Awards that African American actresses were nominated in the "Best Actress" Oscar category. The first was
Dorothy Dandridge's nomination for
Carmen Jones.

She has a High/middle school named after her called The Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine arts.

Tyson won a judgment entitling her to full payment ($750,000) for her appearance in the short-lived 1983 Broadway play "A Corn Is Green," An Appeals Court upheld an earlier ruling handed down in 1996 in favor of Tyson. Tyson was under contract to producer 'Elizabeth Taylor' (I) 's to act in stage and screen versions of the classic play. After critics panned the play, Tyson was fired for taking a night off to attend a tribute to her then-husband, the late jazz musician
Miles Davis. The play closed after less than two weeks. Tyson maintained she should be paid as negotiated in her contract, even though the show closed early and a planned TV video of the production was never made.
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