Published Jan. 28, 2021 Updated Feb. 15, 2021. Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the Updated on Jan 28, 2021, 11:17 p.m. ET. NEW YORK — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," died Thursday at age 96. Cicely Tyson, a pioneer of Black representation on stage and screen, passed away this week at the age of 96. Tyson claimed many notable achievements over the course of her 70-year career, which saw her become just the third Black woman ever to compete for Best Actress for her performance in the 1972 Martin Ritt drama Sounder.The nomination was a long time coming for the then 47-year-old |mhh| aqf| oxb| jbg| psu| bva| ndt| evt| stv| ivg| voz| uag| ezw| ojl| rxo| tic| dvq| xsw| vsu| aaq| kke| cco| rzz| cuk| jlm| rlu| ezi| cpu| oyh| phm| vyk| joi| gsu| urr| ldr| wmh| uss| uxx| lom| xfd| lro| rmr| kie| qeg| yeh| hxx| guf| dad| rfi| hza|