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Jessica Tandy
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Jessica Tandy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-06-07,London, England
Gender
Female
Biography
Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was an English-American stage and film actress. She first appeared on the London stage in 1926 at the age of 16, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's King Lear. She also worked in British films. Following the end of her marriage to Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She won the Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, sharing the prize with Katherine Cornell (who won for Antony and Cleopatra) and Judith Anderson (for the latter's portrayal of Medea). Over the following three decades, her career continued sporadically and included a substantial role in Alfred Hitchcock's film, The Birds (1963), and a Tony Award-winning performance in The Gin Game (playing in the two-character play opposite her husband, Cronyn) in 1977. She, along with Cronyn was a member of the original acting company of The Guthrie Theater. In the mid 1980s she enjoyed a career revival. She appeared opposite Hume Cronyn in the Broadway production of Foxfire in 1983 and its television adaptation four years later, winning both a Tony Award and an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Annie Nations. During these years, she appeared in films such as Cocoon (1985), also with Cronyn. She became the oldest actress to receive the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), for which she also won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). At the height of her success, she was named as one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People". She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1990, and continued working until shortly before her death.

Filmography

Driving Miss Daisy

7.24

Driving Miss Daisy
1989-12-13

7.5

The Birds
1963-03-28

Fried Green Tomatoes

7.665

Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27

6.636

Cocoon
1985-06-21

*batteries not included

6.706

*batteries not included
1987-12-18

Cocoon: The Return

6.477

Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13

The World According to Garp

6.662

The World According to Garp
1982-07-23

6.9

Nobody's Fool
1994-12-23

Still of the Night

5.705

Still of the Night
1982-11-19

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

6.717

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16

6.7

Dragonwyck
1946-04-10

5.594

The Bostonians
1984-05-01

Murder in the Family

9

Murder in the Family
1938-01-01

The Valley of Decision

7.4

The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03

5.2

Best Friends
1982-12-17

The Light in the Forest

6.684

The Light in the Forest
1958-07-08

September Affair

5.979

September Affair
1950-10-18

The House on Carroll Street

5.888

The House on Carroll Street
1988-03-04

The Seventh Cross

6.837

The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24

5.6

Camilla
1994-11-25

A Woman's Vengeance

6.286

A Woman's Vengeance
1948-03-02

6.222

The Story Lady
1991-12-09

The Green Years

6.4

The Green Years
1946-07-04

6

Forever Amber
1947-10-10

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

5.5

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962-07-25

To Dance with the White Dog

7.2

To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05

6.731

Butley
1974-01-21

7.192

Foxfire
1987-12-13

Tennessee Williams' South

10

Tennessee Williams' South
1973-01-01

10

The Fourposter
1955-01-01

Night of 100 Stars III

4

Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21

5.842

Used People
1992-12-16

8.5

The Gin Game
1981-04-21

Indiscretions of Eve

10

Indiscretions of Eve
1932-09-12

3.929

Blonde Fever
1944-12-05

The Christmas Tree

0

The Christmas Tree
1958-12-14

Honky Tonk Freeway

5.28

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

6

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2003-02-04

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

7

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003-02-04

A Streetcar on Broadway

6.5

A Streetcar on Broadway
2006-01-01

The Moon and Sixpence

7

The Moon and Sixpence
1959-10-30

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

9

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998-12-15

An African love story

10

An African love story
1996-08-25

6.967

Dream On
1990-07-08

5.64

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

6.333

Omnibus
1952-11-09

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

Producers' Showcase

6.8

Producers' Showcase
1954-10-18

6

Lights Out
1949-07-19

6.222

Suspicion
1957-09-30

6.5

Telephone Time
1956-04-08

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

7

The Marriage
1954-07-01

Prudential Family Playhouse

6

Prudential Family Playhouse
1950-10-10

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Goodyear Television Playhouse

6

Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951-10-14

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

6.333

Omnibus
1952-11-09

6.333

Omnibus
1952-11-09

6.333

Omnibus
1952-11-09

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01