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Cicely Tyson

1924 - 2021

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Cecily Louise "Cicely" Tyson (; December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress known for her portrayal of strong African-American women. Tyson received various awards including three Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Tony Award, an Honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award. She garnered widespread attention and critical acclaim for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972), for which she was nominated for both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for best actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cicely Tyson has received more than 10,248,719 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Cicely Tyson is the 1,556th most popular actor (up from 1,819th in 2019), the 2,678th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,145th in 2019) and the 755th most popular American Actor.

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  • 54.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cicely Tyson ranks 1,556 out of 9,996. Before her are Mikhail Ulyanov, Jeff Daniels, Alan Dale, Joan Chen, Sean Harris, and Julie Newmar. After her are Carolyn Jones, Christian Slater, William Atherton, Drew Barrymore, Penelope Wilton, and Bernadette Lafont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Cicely Tyson ranks 129. Before her are Rikidōzan, E. P. Thompson, Aman Andom, William Auld, Allan Edwall, and Carlo Bergonzi. After her are Edward Cassidy, Alexander Haig, Zbigniew Herbert, József Zakariás, Sabine Weiss, and Idries Shah. Among people deceased in 2021, Cicely Tyson ranks 197. Before her are Jovan Divjak, Roger Hunt, Ned Beatty, Elgin Baylor, Arlene Dahl, and Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino. After her are Edward Cassidy, Yegor Ligachyov, Jan Jindra, Masayuki Uemura, Darlene Hard, and Jane Powell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cicely Tyson ranks 2,678 out of 18,182. Before her are Ben Bernanke (1953), James M. Cain (1892), Besse Cooper (1896), Randy Rhoads (1956), Frank Miller (1957), and Julie Newmar (1933). After her are Mangas Coloradas (1792), Carolyn Jones (1930), Christian Slater (1969), Harvey Cushing (1869), William Atherton (1947), and Drew Barrymore (1975).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cicely Tyson ranks 755. Before her are Zendaya (1996), Daniel Davis (1945), Keith Carradine (1949), Richard Beymer (1938), Jeff Daniels (1955), and Julie Newmar (1933). After her are Carolyn Jones (1930), Christian Slater (1969), William Atherton (1947), Drew Barrymore (1975), Amber Heard (1986), and Amanda Seyfried (1985).

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