https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloris_Leachman
"She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded actress in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Leachman attended Northwestern University and began appearing in local plays as a teenager. After competing in the 1946 Miss America (Miss Illinois) pageant, she secured a scholarship (due to finishing in the top-16) to study under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Tyson
"Tyson was the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, one Tony Award, an honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award. Tyson garnered widespread attention and critical acclaim for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972); she was nominated for both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work in the film. Tyson was born in Harlem on December 19, 1924. She was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine and became a popular fashion model."