tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412349548038723311.post6577664739562641961..comments2024-03-28T14:20:18.629-07:00Comments on Bobby Rivers TV: Hollywood Gold for Cicely TysonBobby Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11757915604307655038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412349548038723311.post-68271206953045759572018-11-20T11:00:40.226-08:002018-11-20T11:00:40.226-08:00For over 10 years after her Oscar nomination for t...For over 10 years after her Oscar nomination for that brilliant performance in SOUNDER, Cicely Tyson's major script offers came from television. Fast forward to 2011's THE HELP. Cicely is excellent in that film. Viola Davis gets her 2nd Oscar nomination thanks to THE HELP. Viola then turned to TV because Hollywood had no good script offers for her. She and Cicely played mother and daughter in episodes of ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER starring Viola Davis.Bobby Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757915604307655038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412349548038723311.post-279475562793422292018-11-20T10:41:28.434-08:002018-11-20T10:41:28.434-08:00I was unaware of this. She is such a talented icon...I was unaware of this. She is such a talented icon, it hadn't occurred to me that movie studios would just ignore her.William K Wolfrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922092167747070015noreply@blogger.com