Cicely Tyson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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Madam Secretary

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How to Get Away with Murder

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Emergency!

Mrs. Johnson

House of Cards

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The Outer Limits

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Mission: Impossible

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Touched by an Angel

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Naked City

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The F.B.I.

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The F.B.I.

Lainey Harber

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

People's Choice Awards

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The Oscars

Self

Gunsmoke

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The Proud Family

Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)

Dinah!

Self

Judd for the Defense

The Bill Cosby Show

Mildred Hermosa

Film '72

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The Flip Wilson Show

Self

Roots

Binta

The Help

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Betty Kelly

Fried Green Tomatoes

Sipsey

A Fall from Grace

Alice

The Blue Bird

Tylette

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

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The Marva Collins Story

Marva Collins

East Side/West Side

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Portia Copeland

Alex Cross

Nana Mama

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Muriel

The Trip to Bountiful

Mrs. Watts

B.L. Stryker

Madea's Family Reunion

Myrtle

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Myrtle

Cherish the Day

Miss Luma Lee Langston

Hoodlum

Stephanie St. Clair

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Marva Collins

Mama Flora's Family

Mama Flora

Cowboy in Africa

Julie Anderson

A Woman Called Moses

Harriet Ross Tubman

Sounder

Rebecca Morgan

Sweet Justice

The Concorde... Airport '79

Elaine

Riot

Maggie

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Ola

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

Emily Lincoln

Because of Winn-Dixie

Gloria Dump

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Mama Kay

Odds Against Tomorrow

Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars

Self

King

Coretta Scott King

Last Flag Flying

Mrs. Hightower

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Jane Pittman

Free to Be… You and Me

Self

Idlewild

Mother Hopkins

Bustin' Loose

Vivian Perry

The Women of Brewster Place

Mrs. Browne

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Castalia

The Last Angry Man

Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Self

Duplicates

Dr. Randolph

The River Niger

Mattie Williams

Always Outnumbered

Luvia

The Women of Brewster Place

Mrs. Browne

The Women of Brewster Place

The Rosa Parks Story

Leona Edwards McCauley

When No One Would Listen

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Everybody Rides the Carousel

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Relative Stranger

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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

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Ms. Ebenita Scrooge

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

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Wilma

Blanche Rudolph

Acceptable Risks

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The Comedians

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A Man Called Adam

Claudia Ferguson

A Lesson Before Dying

Tante Lou

Heat Wave

Ruthana Richardson

Fat Rose and Squeaky

Celine

Marriage: Year One

Emma Teasley

Intimate Encounters

Dr. Claire Dalton

How It Feels to Be Free

Self (archival footage)

Blessed Assurance

Vesta Lotte Battle

The Road to Galveston

Jordan Roosevelt

Carib Gold

Dottie

Jewel

Cathedral

House of Secrets

Evangeline

Benny's Place

Odessa

Bridge of Time

Guardian

Playing with Fire

Carol Phillips

Showing Roots

Hattie

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

Self

Just an Old Sweet Song

Priscilla Simmons

Neighbors

Vicky Gunther

A Morning For Jimmy

Sister

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Remembering Roots

Self

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

The Other Boys of Summer

Narrator

The Mike Douglas Show

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The Mike Douglas Show

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Saturday Night Live

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Golden Globe Awards

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

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