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Other Works:
(1968) Stage: Appeared (as "Myrna Jessup") in "Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights" on
Broadway. Comedy. Written by
Robert Alan Aurthur. Directed by
Sidney Poitier. John Golden Theatre: 27 Feb 1968-2 Mar 1968 (7 performances + 1 preview). Cast:
Johnny Brown (as "Henry Hardy")...
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Alternate Names:
Cicley Tysson
Height:
5' 3½" (1.61 m)
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Personal Quote:
[on her commitment to choose only positive images] Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch--what make you go beyond the norm . . . The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years.
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Trivia:
Is one of 10 African-American actresses to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. The others in chronological order are:
Dorothy Dandridge,
Diana Ross,
Diahann Carroll,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Angela Bassett,
Halle Berry,
Gabourey Sidibe,
Viola Davis and 'Quvenzhane Wallis'.
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Star Sign:
Sagittarius