List of awards and nominations received by Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an honorary Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. One of the most acclaimed and groundbreaking actresses of her generation, she is known for her portrayals of determined, elegant and dignified female characters in film, on television and in the theatre.
Cicely Tyson - Wikipedia
On November 18, 2018, Tyson became the first African-American woman to receive an honorary Oscar. [81] In 2018, Tyson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame . [ 82 ] One of 12 soundstages was named after Tyson in her honor at Tyler Perry Studios .
45 years after her nomination, Cicely Tyson gets her Oscar
2018年11月15日 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cicely Tyson received her first and only Oscar nomination in 1972. It was for best actress for her work in “Sounder,” which she thinks of as her first major role. She wasn’t called to the stage that year — Liza Minnelli was for “Cabaret” — but now 45 years later, Tyson is finally getting her Oscar.
Cicely Tyson, 93, Accepts Honorary Oscar - People.com
2018年11月19日 · Cicely Tyson, 93, Wows as She Makes History to Become First Black Woman to Win Honorary Oscar. Tyler Perry, Ava DuVernay and Quincy Jones presented the iconic performer with the award
Cicely Tyson Recalls Her 1973 Oscar Nomination: ‘That Was My ... - ELLE
2021年2月10日 · Cicely Tyson released her memoir 'Just as I Am' two days before her death at the age of 96. In an excerpt, the legendary actress recounts the excitement surrounding her 1973 Oscar nomination....
Cicely Tyson: 10 of Her Most Memorable Performances
2021年1月28日 · In 1972, Cicely Tyson starred in Sounder, the film many consider to be Tyson’s big break. She played Rebecca Morgan, the matriarch of a family of black share croppers. When her husband is put...
Cicely Tyson | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and …
Raised in Harlem, Tyson began her career as a model and a theater actress, appearing both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. After playing small roles in feature films and television, she was cast as Portia in “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” in 1968. Four years later, she received an Academy Award® nomination for her leading performance in “Sounder.”
Cicely Tyson - IMDb
Four years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her sensational performance in the critically-acclaimed film Sounder (1972). In 1974, she went on to portray a 110-year-old former slave in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), which earned her two Emmy Awards.
Who Is Cicely Tyson? - Meet 2019's Honorary Oscars Award …
2019年2月25日 · She was nominated for an Oscar in 1973 for the Depression-era drama Sounder, but has never won. Tyson is probably best known to contemporary audiences for playing Ophelia Harkness, the mother...
The Groundbreaking Career of Cicely Tyson | Academy Newsletter - A.frame
Nominated for four Oscars and a winner for Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, this seriocomic look at the struggles of Southern maids during the Civil Rights Movement features Tyson in the pivotal role of a woman whose firing spurs an aspiring author (played by Emma Stone) to conduct a string of interviews with African-American maids in ...