Movies by Cicely Tyson
As part of the cast:
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The Help (2011)
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard …
Directed by: Tate Taylor
In 1960s Jackson, Miss., aspiring writer Eugenia Phelan crosses taboo racial lines by conversing with Aibileen Clark about her life as a housekeeper, and their ensuing friendship upsets the…
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
An annual Caribbean retreat turns into a week of life-altering revelations when four couples bust their relationships wide open in filmmaker Tyler Perry's take on modern love, devotion,…
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Relative Stranger (2009)
Cast: Eriq La Salle, Dan Castellaneta, Michael Michele …
Directed by: Charles Burnett
When his father dies, ex-football star Walter Clemons (Eriq La Salle) travels back to Los Angeles to settle the family estate, where he must confront the wife and children he abandoned in an…
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Idlewild (2006)
Cast: OutKast, André Benjamin, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton …
Directed by: Bryan Barber
Percival, an introverted piano player, and Rooster, the star performer and manager of a Southern speakeasy -- who's as outgoing as Percival is shy -- struggle to keep alive their dream…
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Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Actor and playwright Tyler Perry reprises his memorable role as the inimitable Madea, a gun-toting granny who, amid the chaos of preparations for a family reunion, must try to keep her clan…
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Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
Cast: Louise Fletcher, Cicely Tyson, Julie Brown …
Directed by: Sam Irvin
They may not always see eye to eye, but 80-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick (Louise Fletcher) and her longtime friend Celine Snow (Cicely Tyson) form a united front when a scheming niece tries…
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Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson …
Directed by: Wayne Wang
An inseparable bond develops between a lonely 10-year-old girl (AnnaSophia Robb) and an orphaned dog, Winn-Dixie (named for the supermarket where she found him), who helps her make friends in…
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Tyler Perry …
Directed by: Darren Grant
On the eve of her 18th anniversary, Helen's husband kicks her out of their home and replaces her with his mistress, calling Helen's whole life into question. Seeking shelter with…
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The River Niger / Get Christie Love / Mean Johnny Barrows / Lady Cocoa (2003)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Fred Williamson …
Celebrate the oft-overlooked blaxploitation genre with this four-film compilation that features an array of influential African American actors, including Billy Dee Williams, Louis Gossett…
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The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Cicely Tyson, Peter Francis James …
Directed by: Julie Dash
Angela Bassett stars in the story that sparked the birth of the modern civil rights movement in the late 1950s. Parks took the only available seat in the first row of the "colored" section on…
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Jewel (2001)
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Bergen, Cicely Tyson …
Directed by: Paul Shapiro
In this made-for-television movie (based on Brett Lott's novel, an Oprah Winfrey book club selection), Farah Fawcett stars as Jewel Hillard, a pregnant Mississippi mother of four whose…
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A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
When a young black man (Mekhi Phifer) is wrongly condemned for the murder of a white man, his family convinces a trusted schoolteacher (Don Cheadle) to visit him daily. In the process, both…
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Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Lawrence, Charles S. Dutton …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
When a devastating earthquake strikes New York City and kills millions, a disparate group of survivors -- led by fire chief Thomas Ahearn -- struggles to help others who are less fortunate in…
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1998)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Cicely Tyson, Daniel Williams …
Directed by: Michael Apted
After getting out of prison, convicted murderer Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne) begins building a new life in a crumbling Los Angeles neighborhood, where he struggles to stay out of…
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Hoodlum (1997)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa L. Williams …
Directed by: Bill Duke
In this gangland epic, black gangs in 1930s New York City battle the Italian mob for control of the Harlem numbers racket. Laurence Fishburne plays the Harlem boss tasked with protecting the…
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Blessed Assurance (1997)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Grant Show, Lori Loughlin …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Convinced that he's entitled to a life of fame and fortune, Korean War vet Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns home to his fiancee (Lori Loughlin) and pursues a lucrative --if unprincipled…
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Riot (1997)
Cast: Dante Basco, Mario Van Peebles, Kieu Chinh …
Directed by: Richard Di Lello, David C. Johnson, Alex Munoz …
Four individual stories offer multicultural perspectives -- from an Asian liquor store owner to a white L.A.P.D. officer to a black man returning to South Central -- surrounding the racially…
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The Grass Harp (1996)
Cast: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau …
Directed by: Charles Matthau
Following the death of his mother, young Collin (Edward Furlong) goes to live with his two eccentric aunts, whose double-crossing antics make for a lively upbringing for Collin as he grows up…
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
Cast: Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson …
Directed by: Ken Cameron
This Emmy-winning miniseries chronicles the life of Lucy Honicut (Diane Lane), who, after wedding unhinged Confederate veteran William Marsden (Donald Sutherland) -- a man 30 years her senior…
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
In this adaptation of Fanny Flagg's novel, flashbacks reveal the remarkable and mysterious story of soul mates Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), whose antics…
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Heat Wave (1990)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Christopher M. Brown, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Set in the Watts section of Los Angeles in the summer of 1965, this tense account of racial tensions boiling over boasts a sterling cast, including Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl…
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The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Cast: Donna Deitch, Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice …
Booted out of her parents' house after refusing to identify her unborn baby's father, Mattie Michael (Oprah Winfrey) moves to a tumbledown housing project on Brewster Place, where…
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Bustin' Loose (1981)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Angel Ramirez …
Directed by: Oz Scott
Richard Pryor stars as Joe, an ex-con hired to drive a busload of ornery children on a riotous road trip from Philadelphia to Washington State. Along the way, he teaches the kids invaluable…
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The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
Cast: George Kennedy, Alain Delon, Robert Wagner …
Directed by: David Lowell Rich
In the fourth installment of the air-disaster series, a ruthless businessman (Robert Wagner) tries to destroy the Concorde and kill a corporate spy, forcing the flight crew to contend with an…
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A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Orson Welles, Will Geer …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Narrated by Orson Welles, this 1978 made-for-TV movie stars Cicely Tyson as Harriet Tubman, who founded the Underground Railroad. At the risk of being recaptured, the abolitionist and former…
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott …
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Struggling with life in the ghetto, gifted young teen Benjie (Larry B. Scott) turns to heroin to escape his problems. But his troubles only multiply as the drug leads him down a dangerous…
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Airport '77 / The Concorde: Airport '79 (1977)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Jerry Jameson, David Lowell Rich, Olivia de Havilland …
The third film in the Airport series finds a jet full of people 50 feet below sea level in the Bermuda Triangle. The oxygen supply dwindles for an art collector (Jimmy Stewart), the pilot…
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Wilma (1975)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington, Jason Bernard …
Directed by: Bud Greenspan
This inspirational made-for-television docudrama profiles courageous American track star Wilma Rudolph (Shirley Jo Finney). Overcoming segregation and a debilitating case of polio, the…
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Free to Be You and Me (1974)
Cast: Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte …
Directed by: Bill Davis
Discover the beloved children's TV special that featured uplifting and confidence-building tunes for old and young alike. Produced and broadcast in the 1970s, it features host Marlo…
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1973)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart …
Directed by: John Korty
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, this highly acclaimed TV drama follows the life of Jane Pittman, a black woman born into slavery in the South during the 1850s who lives long enough to…
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Sounder (1972)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in director Martin Ritt's poignant drama about the trials and tribulations of a family of…
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Neighbors (1971)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Jane Wyatt, Andrew Duggan …
Directed by: Fielder Cook
Racial tensions come out of the woodwork when an upper-class white couple (Jane Wyatt and Andrew Duggan) puts their suburban home on the market and the listing draws a pair of equally…
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Chuck McCann, Biff McGuire …
Directed by: Robert Ellis Miller
Alan Arkin earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of John Singer, a deaf and mute man who comes to live in a small Southern town and ends up touching the lives of many, in this film…
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The Comedians (1967)
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness …
Directed by: Peter Glenville
Famous couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton team up in this drama based on Graham Greene's novel. During the era of Papa Doc Duvalier's despotic rule of Haiti, hotel owner…
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A Man Called Adam (1966)
Cast: Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson …
Directed by: Leo Penn
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as a respected but volatile jazz trumpeter on a downward spiral sparked by racism and personal tragedy. A relationship with a civil rights activist (Cicely Tyson) seems…