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Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 07, 1909
Died Sep 11, 1994 (85)
Birthplace London, England
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 15, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Tandy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

2003

as Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Camilla

Camilla

1994

as Camilla Cara

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1994

as Beryl Peoples

To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog

1993

as Cora Peek

Used People

Used People

1992

as Freida

The Story Lady

The Story Lady

1991

as Grace McQueen

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

as Ninny Threadgoode

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989

as Daisy Werthan

The House on Carroll Street

The House on Carroll Street

1988

as Miss Venable

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

1988

as Alma Finley

Foxfire

Foxfire

1987

as Annie Nations

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*batteries not included

1987

as Faye Riley

Cocoon

Cocoon

1985

as Alma Finley

The Bostonians

The Bostonians

1984

as Miss Birdseye

Best Friends

Best Friends

1982

as Eleanor McCullen

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

1982

as Grace Rice

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982

as Mrs. Fields

The Gin Game

The Gin Game

1981

as Fonsia Dorsey

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

as Carol

Butley

Butley

1974

as Edna Shaft

The Birds

The Birds

1963

as Lydia Brenner

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

1962

as Mrs. Helen Adams

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

1959

as Blanche Stroeve

The Light in the Forest

The Light in the Forest

1958

as Myra Butler

The Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree

1958

as Mrs. Martin

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel

September Affair

September Affair

1950

as Catherine Lawrence

A Woman's Vengeance

A Woman's Vengeance

1948

as Janet Spence

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

as Nan Britton

The Green Years

The Green Years

1946

as Kate Leckie

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

1946

as Peggy O'Malley

The Valley of Decision

The Valley of Decision

1945

as Louise Kane

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

1944

as Liesel Roeder

Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever

1944

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Indiscretions of Eve

Indiscretions of Eve

1932

as Penelope, the Maid

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Organization Category Movie
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress Driving Miss Daisy Won
Golden Globes Best Actress Driving Miss Daisy Won
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress The Rose Tattoo Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Actress Driving Miss Daisy Won
Television Credits

Producers' Showcase

as Agnes

Episodes: 38

First Aired: Oct 18, 1954

The Marriage

as Liz Marriott

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 01, 1954

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Martin

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Dream On

as (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1990

The F.B.I.

as Ardyth Nolan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Studio One

as Connaught O'Brien

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as Laura Whitemore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Edwina Freel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Cora Torrence

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Liz Marriott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Julia Lester

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Laura Bowlby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Studio One

as Mrs. Moore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Annie Nations

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Goodyear Television Playhouse

as Leticia Blacklock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1951

Judd for the Defense

as Helen Wister

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Omnibus

as Louisa Catherine Johnson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1952

Omnibus

as Jackie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1952

Prudential Family Playhouse

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Oct 10, 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Omnibus

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 09, 1952

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Judd for the Defense

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Lights Out

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 19, 1949

Suspicion

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1957

Telephone Time

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 1956

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 28, 1978

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1993

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Award Accepter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

Omnibus

as Self - Reader

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1952

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