Tyson would gain an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in the 1972 film "Sounder," and a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88.

First lady Betty Ford, chats with Emmy-award winning actress Cicely Tyson, right, as the two were among honored guests at a dinner held at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Ala., on ...

Cicely Tyson will receive 2015 Kennedy Center Honors. Tyson, whose numerous awards include Emmys and a Tony, is known for her performances in 1972’s “Sounder,” the 1974 TV movie “The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV ...