Roles of Actress Cicely Tyson Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rebecca Morgan

The Morgans, a family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of stealing a ham from a nearby smokehouse to feed his hungry family and sent to a prison camp. Cicely Tyson was nominated for the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama and later in 2018, won the Academy Honorary Award for this film.

Answer: Binta Kinte

Cicely Tyson had a smaller role in this miniseries based on the best selling book by Alex Haley, portraying the mother of Kunte Kinte, who was captured in Africa by slave traders, taken to America, and sold into slavery. She was nominated for an award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series.

Answer: Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who returned numerous times to the South to lead other escapees safely to freedom on the Underground Railroad, under the code name of Moses. She won the Best Actress Award at the Monaco TV Festival.

Answer: Sipsey Peavey

This film is based on Fannie Flagg's best selling novel, "Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe" (1987). Sipsey Peavey is the cook at the cafe, and people come from all over for her cooking, especially for her fried green tomatoes. Surprisingly, Cicely was not nominated for any awards for her performance, although she was excellent in it.

Answer: Carrie Grace Battle

This show aired in the US from September 15, 1994, to August 12, 1995, on NBC. Cicely portrays the part of Carrie Grace Battle, the senior partner and civil rights attorney of a law firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award.

Answer: Jordan Roosevelt

This film is about a 65 year old widow who is destitute and joins a foster care program to care for three women who suffer from Alzheimer disease in her own home to earn money. Cicely was nominated for the Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie award for this film.

Answer: Castalia Marsden

This film is about a 99 year old woman recalling her life as a 14 year old bride of a 55 year old Civil War veteran. In flashback, Cicely portrays a slave named Castalia, who belonged to the Marsden family, and stays on after the war to be a servant. She likes to do sarcastic imitations of her employer. Cicely won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries award.

Answer: Coretta Scott King

This miniseries is about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., a civil rights leader, who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. Cicely was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series award for her portrayal of King's wife Coretta, who took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement.

Answer: Carrie Watts

In this film, Carrie Watts lives with her son and daughter-in-law. She can no longer drive or travel alone, so she begs her son to take on a trip to her hometown of Bountiful, Texas. When he refuses, she slips out and catches a bus to get there herself. Cicely was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Movie for this film.

Answer: Leona McCauley

This film is about Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a racially segregated bus. Cicely portrays Leona McCauley, Rosa's mother, a school teacher who instilled in Rosa the importance of faith, self-respect, and education. In 2003, the Black Reel Award went to Cicely as Best Supporting Actress.