Cicely Tyson
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Oct 8, 2026
April RyanGUEST
Lewis, the late John R. Lewis, who was then a congressman, who was also a civil rights icon.
April RyanGUEST
And also Cicely Tyson, the greatest, um, one of the greatest actresses that we've ever seen.
April RyanGUEST
It's...
April RyanGUEST
His presidency was very different, but one of the most, uh, impactful briefings for me was several of them during the Katrina time.
BrianHOST
Talk to that nigga like Charles is a dude.
LamarHOST
Talking like Cicely Tyson when she played-
AshleyHOST
[laughs] Our, uh, What You Calling Mama?
LamarHOST
When she played-
Gary NullHOST
Bill Tatum, publisher of the Amsterdam News, he was there all the time.
Gary NullHOST
And Isaac Hayes, Cicely Tyson, some of the Dick Gregory's, who was a close friend of mine.
Gary NullHOST
In fact, he used to come down here, stay down here.
Gary NullHOST
And he was there.
Len WebbHOST
No, but our girl, Ms. Jane Pittman, I'm drawing a blank on her name.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
Cicely Tyson?
Len WebbHOST
I'm pretty sure Cicely Tyson had a show.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
Wow.
Len WebbHOST
I'm pretty sure Cicely Tyson had a show.
Len WebbHOST
And who's, who's my o- my other girl from Deadpool?
Vincent WilliamsHOST
Leslie Uggams.
Len WebbHOST
Yeah, Leslie Uggams had a show.
Bobby CHOST
Is that his name? The dude who plays, uh, James Bond now.
Bobby CHOST
It, and he just killed at Cecily Tyson, all these people.
Bobby CHOST
But I hadn't seen all that.
Bobby CHOST
I knew who he was, and then I watched his stand-up and was like, something clicked in my mind about it.
BethHOST
Really is.
MichelleHOST
So I added, um, Cicely Tyson because-
BethHOST
Yeah
MichelleHOST
...
49 MINS LATER
MichelleHOST
Okay.
BethHOST
Yeah.
BethHOST
Cicely Tyson passed away, uh, in January 2021 at age 96, and Jessica Tandy in 1994.
BethHOST
Their scenes here have only grown more precious over time.
Thoreau SmileyHOST
What ended up there, she was in the Mod Squad.
Thoreau SmileyHOST
She worked a lot with Cicely Tyson on stage.
Thoreau SmileyHOST
So just like a huge, huge figure in African-American cinema throughout the 20th century.
Thoreau SmileyHOST
Joey Pants as Cypher.
Loren LoRosaHOST
She was nominated, but she did not win the Oscar, but she did end up going on in, uh, January of 2024 to receive an honorary Academy Award at the 14th, uh, Governors Award, which was, you know...
Loren LoRosaHOST
It, it put her in the position where she followed Cicely Tyson, another great, who in 2018 as an actress won the honorary Oscar.
Loren LoRosaHOST
And that put, that put Angela Bassett as the second Black woman to do so.
Loren LoRosaHOST
But the people are like, you know, "That is great and we are always gonna champion her, but she should've won it back then." Um, now I say all that to say you're being intentional about what you put out and what you take on.
Danielle BrooksHOST
It was crazy, so I go, would you keep it? We go to the theater.
Danielle BrooksHOST
We're so excited because Cicely Tyson is in the house.
Danielle BrooksHOST
And we're like, oh my God, Cicely Tyson's here.
Danielle BrooksHOST
And so, we go up to her.
Danielle BrooksHOST
We get enough balls to go up to her.
Danielle BrooksHOST
honey.
Danielle BrooksHOST
No. That's a story I'll just never forget.
Danielle BrooksHOST
It's me and Cicely Tyson.
Monty AlexanderGUEST
"It's your thing." I would say, "What was that?" And I said, "Go on ahead." And I saw, I saw the transition.
Monty AlexanderGUEST
And thank God for Cicely Tyson, this West Indian woman that came into Miles' life and gave him a more, more motivation to keep going because he was, he was ch- dealing with some stuff.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Mm.
Monty AlexanderGUEST
And then he started playing again and again and again.
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