Cicely Tyson

Was married to trumpeter Miles Davis (1981-1988). She served in the chamber as an Independent under her retirement in 2002. Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem. In 1998 she was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Jean Chretien. Other acclaimed television roles included Roots, King, in which she played Coretta Scott King, The Marva Collins Story, When No One Would Listen and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (for which she won another Emmy). She is going to be in the movie "Because of Winn-Dixie". A Companion of the Order of Canada, she was the 1985 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace. In 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and became a star. From 1983 to 1989 she served co-director of the Ecumenical Forum of Canada and also served as a co-president of the World Council of Churches.

In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Sounder. She was ordained a United Church minister in 1965 and served in Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Kingston, Ontario and Hamilton, Ontario. In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the following year, had a featured role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. The Very Reverend Lois Miriam Wilson (born Lois Freeman, April 8, 1927) was the first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1980 to 1982. Her first film was an uncredited role in Carib Gold in 1957, but she went on to do television - the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the soap opera Guiding Light. She was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine, and became a popular fashion model.

Her parents came from the island of Nevis, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an award-winning African-American actress.