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Cicely Tyson

Highest Rated:: 100% The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Lowest Rated:: 12% Alex Cross (2012)

Birthday:: Dec 19, 1933
Birthplace:: New York, New York, USA
Bio:: One of America's most respected dramatic actresses, Cicely Tyson has worked steadily as a television, film, and stage actress since making her stage debut in a Harlem YMCA production of Dark of the Moon in the 1950s. The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, Tyson was raised in Harlem. After working as…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 12% - 100%

Number of Movies: 55

Box Office Since 2001: $422.7M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013	23%	The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia	Mama Kay	--
2012	12%	Alex Cross	Nana Mama	$25.9M
2011	76%	The Help	Lila Rogers	$169.7M
2010	26%	Why Did I Get Married Too	Ola	$48.5M
2009		King	Actor	$0.2M
2009		Relative Stranger	Actor	--
2008		Marva Collins Story	Actor	--
2007		Rwanda Rising	Actor	--
2007	63%	Reign Over Me	Actor	$19.7M
2006	26%	Madea's Family Reunion	Myrtle	$63.2M
2006		Fat Rose and Squeaky	Actor	--
2006	48%	Idlewild	Mother Hopkins	$12.5M
2005	15%	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Myrtle	$50.4M
2005	53%	Because of Winn-Dixie	Gloria Dump	$32.6M
2003		Neighbors	Actor	--
2002		The Rosa Parks Story	Leona McCauley	--
2001		Jewel	Cathedral	--
1999		A Lesson Before Dying	Tante Lou	--
1998		Mama Flora's Family	Flora	--
1998		Always Outnumbered	Luvia	--
1997		Riot In The Streets	Maggie	--
1997	45%	Hoodlum	(Queen) Stephanie St. Clair	--
1997		Ms. Scrooge	Actor	--
1997		Blessed Assurance (The Price of Heaven)	Actor	--
1996		The Road To Galveston	Actor	--
1995	50%	The Grass Harp	Actor	--
1995	33%	Jefferson in Paris	Actor	--
1995		Blessed Assurance	Vesta	--
1994		Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Castalia	--
1994		Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells	Actor	--
1992		Duplicates	Dr. Randolph	--
1991	83%	Fried Green Tomatoes	Sipsey	--
1990		Heat Wave	Ruthana Richardson	--
1990		Kid Who Loved Christmas	Actor	--
1989		The Women of Brewster Place	Mrs. Browne	--
1986		Acceptable Risks	Janet Framm	--
1986		Samaritan - The Mitch Snyder Story	Muriel	--
1981		Bustin' Loose	Director Vivian Perry	--
1981		The Marva Collins Story	Marva Collins	--
1979	20%	The Concorde... Airport '79	Elaine	--
1978		King	Actor	--
1978		A Woman Called Moses	Actor	--
1977		A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich	Sweets	--
1977		Wilma	Actor	--
1976		The River Niger	Mattie Williams	--
1976		Just An Old Sweet Song	Priscilla Simmons	--
1976		The Blue Bird	Cat	--
1974		Free to Be...You and Me	Actor	--
1974		The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Jane Pittman	--
1972	88%	Sounder	Rebecca Morgan	--
1968	100%	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter	Portia	--
1967	27%	The Comedians	Marie Therese	--
1966		A Man Called Adam	Claudia Ferguson	--
1959		The Last Angry Man	Girl Left on Porch	--
1959		Odds Against Tomorrow	Fra	--

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1. Sipsey: Miss Ruth is a lady, and a lady always knows when to leave.
From Fried Green Tomatoes. Submitted by Krista M (9 months ago)

1. Sipsey: It's all right, honey. Let her go. Let her go. You know, Miss Ruth was a lady. And a lady always knows when to leave.
From Fried Green Tomatoes. Submitted by Olivia B (20 months ago)