By: T. Chapman
Emmy award winning star Cicely Tyson will be joining the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame.
Tyson won three Emmy Awards over her nearly seven-decade acting career, including two trophies for 1974’s “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and one for 1994’s “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.”
According to Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the academy that organizes the Emmy Awards:
the five individuals’ remarkable contributions continue to shape the TV industry.
The likes of Lucille Ball, Walter Cronkite, Bob Hope, Shonda Rhimes and Ron Howard are among the nearly 150 people who have been inducted in the Hall of Fame since its inception back in 1984.
The newest group which also includes Seth MacFarlane and Walt Disney Co. chief executive Bob Iger will be honoured at a Jan. 28 ceremony.
