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