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A Conversation with Cicely Tyson, Part 2

NPR | By Ed Gordon

Published February 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Cicely Tyson starred in movies like The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Roots, and was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the classic movie Sounder. After a lengthy hiatus she returns to the big screen in two movies: Because of Winn-Dixie and Diary of A Mad Black Woman. In part two of Ed Gordon's interview, he talks to Tyson about her extraordinary film career.

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