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Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an
award-winning African-American actress.  Her
parents came from the island of Nevis, but Cicely
was born and raised in Harlem, New York City.  She
was discovered by a photographer for Ebony
magazine|Ebony magazine, and became a popular
fashion model.  Her first film was an uncredited
role in Carib Gold in 1957, but she went on to do
television - the celebrated series East Side/West
Side and the soap opera The Guiding Light.

In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the
following year, had a featured role in The Heart
is a Lonely Hunter.  In 1972, she was nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her
role in the critically acclaimed Sounder. 

In 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.  Other
acclaimed television roles included Roots
(mini-series)|Roots, King (television)|King, in
which she played Coretta Scott King, The Marva
Collins Story, When No One Would Listen and Oldest
Living Confederate Widow Tells All (for which she
won another Emmy). Currently, Tyson is  is
co-starring in the movies Because of Winn-Dixie
and Diary of a Mad Black Woman.  

Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Tyson was married to legendary trumpeter Miles
Davis from 1981 to 1988. 

==Filmography==
*Carib Gold (1957)
*Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
*The Last Angry Man (1959)
*A Man Called Adam (1966)
*The Comedians (1967)
*The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
*Sounder (1972)
*The River Niger (1976)
*The Blue Bird (1976)
*A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
*The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
*Bustin' Loose (1981)
*Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
*Flight to Freedom (1995) (documentary) 
*Hoodlum (1997)
*The Double Dutch Divas! (2001) (short subject)
*Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
*Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)