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Cicely Tyson is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning actress committed to presenting positive images of strong African American women.

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Cicely Tyson was born December 19, 1933, in Harlem, NY. Discovered by Ebony magazine, she rose to the top of the modeling world. She had minor roles in a few feature films before her role as Portia in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). Tyson has won two Emmys, among other awards, over the course of her acting career. She was also inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

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