Cicely Louise Tyson

In 1974, she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines. The film was broadcast on CBS.

African-American actress Cicely Tyson playing a former slave in the film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, January 4, 1973. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

The film was directed by John Korty; the screenplay was written by Tracy Keenan Wynn and executive produced by Roger Gimbel. It stars Cicely Tyson in the lead role, as well as Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, and Odetta. The film was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was notable for its use of very realistic special effects makeup by Stan Winston and Rick Baker for the lead character, who is shown from ages 23 to 110


Cicely Tyson and Rod Perry in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

(Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES – OCTOBER 12: Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” To her left is Ted Airhart as Sheriff Guidry. Image dated October 12, 1973. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

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Other acclaimed television roles included TV miniseries ‘King‘; in which she portrayed Coretta Scott King,

 

circa 1978: Actors Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield, wearing period costumes, smile while leaning against a car in a promotional portrait for the TV miniseries ‘King‘. Tyson plays Coretta Scott King to Winfield’s Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photo by NBC Television/Getty Images)

Coretta Scott King and actress Cicely Tyson on the set of “King,” 1977
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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

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