Cicely Tyson’s won her first Tony Award at 79-years-old at the American Theatre Wing’s 67th Annual Tony Awards Sunday night.

Cicely Tyson took home the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her role as an elderly woman returning to her childhood home in the play, “The Trip to Bountiful.”

Her performance at “The Trip to Bountiful” is her first after a 30-year break. The elderly thespian also delivered the most memorable speech of the night.

“I had a burning desire to do more great roles. I didn’t want to be greedy. Just one more,” the veteran Broadway actress said to a charmed crowd who gave her a standing ovation.

Outfitted in a purple dress, Cicely spoke about outliving her family.

“I’m the sole surviving member of my immediate family. I’ve asked over and over again why,” she continued, “I now know why.”

As Suzy Byrne of Yahoo! OMG reports, the cutest part of Cicely Tyson’s speech was when she was directed to wrap up her speech on the teleprompter.

Not one to get flustered, observing the instruction with grace and poise, she quipped, "Please wrap it up … which is exactly what you did to me. You wrapped me up in your arms after 30 years, and now I can go home with a Tony."

“The Trip to Bountiful,” a revival of Horton Foote’s play marks Tyson’s own return to Broadway after a three-decade absence, according to TheWrap. Her performance in the play earned her her first Tony win despite a distinguished stage career in plays like "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright" and "The Corn is Green."

Cicely has won Emmy Awards for "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All." She has also received an Oscar nomination for "Sounder."

As reported by TheWrap, Cicely Tyson won over Laurie Metcalf as a neurologist losing her mental faculties in “The Other Place,” Kristine Nielsen as a scatter-brained semi-recluse in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” Amy Morton as a boozey college professor’s wife in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?” and Holland Taylor as the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards in “Ann.”