Cicely Tyson Books Guest Role On ‘How to Get Away With Murder’Posted by Wilson Morales
December 16, 2014
Source: Variety
Emmy-Award actress Cicely Tyson will appear as guest star alongside Viola Davis on Shonda Rhimes’ hit series ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ when the ABC drama returns Jan. 29, reports Variety. With six episodes left in the first season, the series airs on Thursdays at 10 pm.
Details on her character have not been revealed but she is set to appear in one episode, which will air in the middle of the midseason run.
Written and executive produced by Peter Norwalk (Grey’s Anatomy) and produced via Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland production company, with her partner Betsy Beers, ‘Murder’ is described as a sexy, suspense legal thriller that follows brilliant criminal defense attorney Annalise DeWitt, played by two-time Academy Award nominee Viola Davis, and her ambitious law school students who become entangled in a murder mystery that could have major ramifications on their entire university as well as change the course of their lives. Her law class is called ‘How to Get Away With Murder.’
Tyson was last seen in Lifetime TV film “The Trip To Bountiful,” which she picks both a Screen Actors Guild and an Emmy nomination for her performance. She won a Tony Award, Outer Critics Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play for the same performance.
