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A LIFE WELL SPENT (CICELY TYSON BIOGRAPHY) Cicely Tyson (December 19, 1924 - January 28, 2021) was an American entertainer and style model. In a profession spreading over seventy years, she became known for her depiction of solid African-American women. Tyson got three Early evening Emmy Grants, four Dark Reel Grants, one Screen Entertainers Organization Grant, one Tony Grant, a privileged Institute Grant, and a Peabody Grant. Having shown up in minor film and TV jobs from the get-go in her profession, Tyson accumulated far and wide consideration and basic praise for her exhibition as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972); she was designated for both the Institute Grant for Best Entertainer and Brilliant Globe Grant for Best Entertainer in a Movie - Dramatization for her work in the film. Tyson's depiction of the lead spot in the 1974 TV film The Self-portrayal of Miss Jane Pittman, in view of the book by Ernest J. Gaines, won her further applause; among different honors, the job won her two Emmy Grants and a designation for a BAFTA Grant for Best Entertainer in the Main Job. Tyson kept on acting in film and on TV in the 21st century. In 2011, she assumed the part of Constantine Jefferson in the honor winning film The Assistance. She additionally assumed the common part of Ophelia Harkness in the legitimate dramatization television arrangement How to Pull off Homicide since the show's beginning in 2014, for which she was named for the Early evening Emmy Grant for Remarkable Visitor Entertainer in a Dramatization Arrangement multiple times. Notwithstanding her screen vocation, Tyson showed up in different theater creations. She got a Vernon Rice Grant in 1962 for her Off-Broadway execution in Moon on a Rainbow Wrap. Tyson likewise featured as Carrie Watts in the Broadway play The Excursion to Abundant, winning the Tony Grant, the External Pundits Grant, and the Show Work area Grant for Best Entertainer in a Play in 2013. Tyson was named a Kennedy Place honoree in 2015. In November 2016, Tyson got the Official Award of Opportunity, which is the most elevated regular citizen honor in the US. In 2020, she was accepted into the TV Lobby of Notoriety. In this book "A Life Well Spent"- The biography of Cicely Tyson is all about all you need to know about the veteran actress and some lessons you can learn from her story including 5 unknown facts you never know about her. Click on the buy NOW button to get yourself a copy of this book.