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Jessica Tandy
Born · June 7, 1909
Died · September 11, 1994 (85 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England
Bio
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.
A Streetcar on Broadway
Self (archive footage)
6.5
2006
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.0
2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2003
Nobody's Fool
Beryl Peoples
6.9
1994
Camilla
Camilla Cara
5.7
1994
To Dance with the White Dog
Cora Peek
7.0
1993
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
Used People
Freida
5.5
1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ninny Threadgoode
7.7
1991
The Story Lady
Grace McQueen
6.0
1991
Dream On
(archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.9
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
4.0
1990
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
7.2
1989
Cocoon: The Return
Alma Finley
6.5
1988
The House on Carroll Street
Miss Venable
5.8
1988
*batteries not included
Faye Riley
6.7
1987
Foxfire
Annie Nations
7.2
1987
Cocoon
Alma Finley
6.6
1985
The Bostonians
Miss Birdseye
5.5
1984
Best Friends
Eleanor McCullen
5.1
1982
Still of the Night
Grace Rice
5.8
1982
The World According to Garp
Mrs. Fields
6.7
1982
Honky Tonk Freeway
Carol
5.1
1981
The Gin Game
Fonsia Dorsey
8.0
1981
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1978
Butley
Edna Shaft
6.3
1974
Tennessee Williams' South
10.0
1973
Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
7.5
1967
Judd for the Defense
Helen Wister · (1 episode)
7.5
1967
The F.B.I.
Ardyth Nolan · (1 episode)
5.5
1965
The Birds
Lydia Brenner
7.5
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.6
1962
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Mrs. Helen Adams
4.8
1962
The Moon and Sixpence
Blanche Stroeve
0.0
1959
The Christmas Tree
Mrs. Martin
0.0
1958
The Light in the Forest
Myra Butler
6.8
1958
Suspicion
(1 episode)
5.9
1957
Telephone Time
(1 episode)
6.3
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (3 episodes)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Award Accepter · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
4.6
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Edwina Freel · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Julia Lester · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Laura Bowlby · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
The Fourposter
0.0
1955
Producers' Showcase
Agnes · (38 episodes)
6.3
1954
The Marriage
Liz Marriott · (8 episodes)
0.0
1954
General Electric Theater
Laura Whitemore · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Omnibus
(3 episodes)
6.0
1952
Omnibus
Self - Reader · (1 episode)
6.0
1952
Omnibus
Louisa Catherine Johnson · (1 episode)
6.0
1952
Omnibus
Jackie · (1 episode)
6.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Martin · (2 episodes)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Annie Nations · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
6.7
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Leticia Blacklock · (1 episode)
4.7
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cora Torrence · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
September Affair
Catherine Lawrence
6.1
1950
Prudential Family Playhouse
(13 episodes)
6.0
1950
Lights Out
(1 episode)
5.3
1949
Studio One
Connaught O'Brien · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
Studio One
Mrs. Moore · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Liz Marriott · (1 episode)
6.0
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (5 episodes)
6.6
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
Janet Spence
6.3
1948
Forever Amber
Nan Britton
6.1
1947
The Green Years
Kate Leckie
6.5
1946
Dragonwyck
Peggy O'Malley
6.6
1946
The Valley of Decision
Louise Kane
7.3
1945
Blonde Fever
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
4.4
1944
The Seventh Cross
Liesel Roeder
6.7
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Murder in the Family
Ann Osborne
0.0
1938
Indiscretions of Eve
Penelope, the Maid
0.0
1932