Jessica Tandy
Born
June 7, 1909
Died
September 11, 1994 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
London, England
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.
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A Streetcar on Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2006
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Self (archive footage)
2003
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Self
1998
Nobody's Fool
Beryl Peoples
1994
Camilla
Camilla Cara
1994
To Dance with the White Dog
Cora Peek
1993
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Used People
Freida
1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ninny Threadgoode
1991
The Story Lady
Grace McQueen
1991
Dream On
(archive footage) · (1 episode)
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
1989
Cocoon: The Return
Alma Finley
1988
The House on Carroll Street
Miss Venable
1988
*batteries not included
Faye Riley
1987
Foxfire
Annie Nations
1987
Cocoon
Alma Finley
1985
The Bostonians
Miss Birdseye
1984
Best Friends
Eleanor McCullen
1982
Still of the Night
Grace Rice
1982
The World According to Garp
Mrs. Fields
1982
Honky Tonk Freeway
Carol
1981
The Gin Game
Fonsia Dorsey
1981
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
1978
Butley
Edna Shaft
1974
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
1967
Judd for the Defense
Helen Wister · (1 episode)
1967
The F.B.I.
Ardyth Nolan · (1 episode)
1965
The Birds
Lydia Brenner
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Mrs. Helen Adams
1962
The Moon and Sixpence
Blanche Stroeve
1959
The Christmas Tree
Mrs. Martin
1958
The Light in the Forest
Myra Butler
1958
Suspicion
(1 episode)
1957
Telephone Time
(1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (3 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Award Accepter · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Edwina Freel · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Julia Lester · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Laura Bowlby · (1 episode)
1955
The Fourposter
1955
Producers' Showcase
Agnes · (38 episodes)
1954
The Marriage
Liz Marriott · (8 episodes)
1954
General Electric Theater
Laura Whitemore · (1 episode)
1953
Omnibus
(3 episodes)
1952
Omnibus
Self - Reader · (1 episode)
1952
Omnibus
Louisa Catherine Johnson · (1 episode)
1952
Omnibus
Jackie · (1 episode)
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Martin · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Annie Nations · (1 episode)
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Leticia Blacklock · (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cora Torrence · (1 episode)
1951
September Affair
Catherine Lawrence
1950
Prudential Family Playhouse
(13 episodes)
1950
Lights Out
(1 episode)
1949
Studio One
Connaught O'Brien · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Mrs. Moore · (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Liz Marriott · (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (5 episodes)
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
Janet Spence
1948
Forever Amber
Nan Britton
1947
The Green Years
Kate Leckie
1946
Dragonwyck
Peggy O'Malley
1946
The Valley of Decision
Louise Kane
1945
Blonde Fever
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1944
The Seventh Cross
Liesel Roeder
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944
Murder in the Family
Ann Osborne
1938
Indiscretions of Eve
Penelope, the Maid
1932