Just as I Am: A Memoir

Cicely Tyson

Jan 2021 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, and Robin Miles

About this audiobook

“In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony

""Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson

Ratings and reviews

I feel so grateful with what must have been a week of listening to Cicely Tyson voice as she dictates her own life, before she sadly passed away. One of the best autobiography audio books I have ever listened to and having it read by the actress herself is a bonus!!! if there has to be a complaint its the scratchy sound which accompanies actress Viola Davis introduction. it was very annoying. Otherwise I would recommended this to anyone who wants to hear the true story of one of the most spiritual, God fearing, prolific, black west Indian born woman in this century and a testimony we can all learn from. Definitely a must have both as an audio book and paperback!

The audacity to give and intrusive introduction to her soul. I am eagerly waiting to here her tell her story. There are five stars here, there ought to be nine. -Eric F. p.s. she took the 10th one with her.

Someone mustve hacked into my account and bought this book because i dont remember buying this at all can u please refund me my $19.95

About the author

Ms. Cicely Tyson is an actress, lecturer, activist, and one of the most respected talents in American theater and film history. From her starring role on Broadway in The Blacks (1961), to the Emmy-nominated 1999 HBO film A Lesson Before Dying, her work has garnered critical and commercial applause for more than sixty years. Her two Emmys for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman made her the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for Best Actress. In 2013, Ms. Tyson won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Miss Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful. A capstone achievement came in 2018, when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary Oscar. The Board of Governors voted unanimously to honor her with the award, which came 45 years after her Academy Award nominated performance in Sounder.

VIOLA DAVIS is an internationally acclaimed actress and producer, known for her exceptional performances in television shows like 'How to Get Away with Murder' and movies like 'Fences' and 'The Help.' She is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, and in 2021 she won a Screen Actors Guild award for her role in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'. In both 2012 and 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Davis is also the founder and CEO of JuVee Productions, an artist driven production company that develops and produces independent film, theater, television, and digital content.