Cicely Tyson

Was married to trumpeter Miles Davis (1981-1988). Mae's other credits include:. Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has also appeared on Independence Day as the President's daughter, (alongside Will Smith) and in Hope Floats, with Sandra Bullock. Other acclaimed television roles included Roots, King, in which she played Coretta Scott King, The Marva Collins Story, When No One Would Listen and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (for which she won another Emmy). She is going to be in the movie "Because of Winn-Dixie". She played Ryan's daughter in the movie. In 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and became a star. At the age of four, Mae made her film debut, acting alongside Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman.

In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Sounder. This caused a lot of surprise to her mother Pat Musick who is an accomplished actress herself, but it was satisfying to her finding out young Mae had gotten some of the skills she did. In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the following year, had a featured role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. She got the job, beating out her own mother for it. Her first film was an uncredited role in Carib Gold in 1957, but she went on to do television - the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the soap opera Guiding Light. Mae started out going to an audition for a voice over in a commercial about Tyson Chickens. She was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine, and became a popular fashion model. She played the title role, 12-year-old Grace, on the show.

Her parents came from the island of Nevis, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American actress who participated in State Of Grace, along with Alia Shawkat, among others. Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an award-winning African-American actress. Superman (show) (cartoon, voice-over). Johnny Bravo (cartoon, voice-over). Providence (show) (tv show).

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