- Films
- 13
- Avg rating
- 6.25
- Peak run
- 1972’97
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Cicely by the numbers
Average
6.25
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.28
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
55y
1966 to 2020
Total votes
214K
across every film
Best
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
Worst
5.2
Alex Cross
Newest first
Filmography
| 2020 |  A Fall from Grace | Alice | 5.9 | 19,062 |
| 2012 |  Alex Cross | Nana Mama | 5.2 | 37,037 |
| 2006 | Idlewild | Mother Hopkins | 6.2 | 6,064 |
| 2005 |  Because of Winn-Dixie | Gloria | 6.4 | 13,898 |
| 2005 |  Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Myrtle | 5.8 | 17,229 |
| 1997 |  Hoodlum | Stephanie St. Clair | 6.3 | 14,385 |
| 1991 |  Fried Green Tomatoes | Sipsey | 7.7 | 93,644 |
| 1981 | Bustin' Loose | Vivian Perry | 6.1 | 4,136 |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Sweets | · | 454 |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Tylette | 5.4 | 1,400 |
| 1976 | The River Niger | Mattie Williams | · | 338 |
| 1972 | Sounder | Rebecca | 7.5 | 5,407 |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Claudia Ferguson | · | 880 |
Takes
On Cicely Tyson
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonHonorary Award · Academy Awards 2019Cicely Tyson
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1973Cicely Tyson
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