Marcia Strassman

Strassman is frequently mistaken for WKRP in Cincinnati cast member Jan Smithers, with whom she bears a close resemblance. Was married to trumpeter Miles Davis (1981-1988). Ms. Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Prior to that, she also had a short-lived recurring role in the TV sitcom, M*A*S*H. 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". Marcia Strassman (born April 28, 1948 in New York City) is an American actress who is best known for her roles in the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and the 1989 feature film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and became a star.

In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Sounder. In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the following year, had a featured role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. 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. She was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine, and became a popular fashion model.

Her parents came from the island of Nevis, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an award-winning African-American actress.