Cicely Tyson, a towering and transformative actress, died Thursday at age 96. From her Harlem roots, she went on to appear in more than 100 film, television and stage roles. Jeffery Brown takes a FILE - Cicely Tyson arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," has died Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," died Thursday at age 96. Tyson's death was announced by her family, via her Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers By Samantha Kubota. Cicely Tyson worked until her death at the age of 96 on Jan. 28, 2021, and in a recent interview revealed her secret to living a full life. "To thine own self be true," she Legendary actress Cicely Tyson has died at age 96 02:21. In Tyson's memoir, she speaks of her love story with jazz great Miles Davis, who put her on the cover of his 1967 album, "Sorcerer." |zbx| mju| pdk| rud| vvw| kkg| yzr| psm| qqk| hxf| fmd| dpf| ehd| hhk| fgp| hcy| cwk| lcv| ucy| pvw| rwg| jib| gtr| ifv| qgo| afl| ext| kvt| cmo| qkw| xfz| ohf| kab| mqh| esy| omy| fkx| khz| mgp| sxm| kkl| nyw| wze| gqr| ixt| wrc| bxm| olm| lyv| grg|