Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was an English-American stage and film actress.
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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Filmography (Movies)
A Streetcar on Broadway
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2006
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Character:Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2003
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/1998
Nobody's Fool
Character:Beryl Peoples
Release Date:23/12/1994
Camilla
Character:Camilla Cara
Release Date:25/11/1994
To Dance with the White Dog
Character:Cora Peek
Release Date:05/12/1993
Used People
Character:Freida
Release Date:16/12/1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Character:Ninny Threadgoode
Release Date:27/12/1991
The Story Lady
Character:Grace McQueen
Release Date:09/12/1991
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Driving Miss Daisy
Character:Daisy Werthan
Release Date:13/12/1989
Cocoon: The Return
Character:Alma Finley
Release Date:13/09/1988
The House on Carroll Street
Character:Miss Venable
Release Date:04/03/1988
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Character:Faye Riley
Release Date:18/12/1987
Foxfire
Character:Annie Nations
Release Date:13/12/1987
Cocoon
Character:Alma Finley
Release Date:21/06/1985
The Bostonians
Character:Miss Birdseye
Release Date:01/05/1984
Best Friends
Character:Eleanor McCullen
Release Date:17/12/1982
Still of the Night
Character:Grace Rice
Release Date:19/11/1982
The World According to Garp
Character:Mrs. Fields
Release Date:23/07/1982
Honky Tonk Freeway
Character:Carol
Release Date:21/08/1981
The Gin Game
Character:Fonsia Dorsey
Release Date:21/04/1981
Butley
Character:Edna Shaft
Release Date:21/01/1974
Tennessee Williams' South
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Birds
Character:Lydia Brenner
Release Date:28/03/1963
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Character:Mrs. Helen Adams
Release Date:25/07/1962
The Moon and Sixpence
Character:Blanche Stroeve
Release Date:30/10/1959
The Christmas Tree
Character:Mrs. Martin
Release Date:14/12/1958
The Light in the Forest
Character:Myra Butler
Release Date:08/07/1958
The Fourposter
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1955
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character:Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
Release Date:16/10/1951
September Affair
Character:Catherine Lawrence
Release Date:18/10/1950
A Woman's Vengeance
Character:Janet Spence
Release Date:02/03/1948
Forever Amber
Character:Nan Britton
Release Date:10/10/1947
The Green Years
Character:Kate Leckie
Release Date:04/07/1946
Dragonwyck
Character:Peggy O'Malley
Release Date:10/04/1946
The Valley of Decision
Character:Louise Kane
Release Date:03/05/1945
Blonde Fever
Character:Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Release Date:05/12/1944
The Seventh Cross
Character:Liesel Roeder
Release Date:24/07/1944
Murder in the Family
Character:Ann Osborne
Release Date:01/01/1938
Indiscretions of Eve
Character:Penelope, the Maid
Release Date:12/09/1932
Television Appearances
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
Dream On
Character:(archive footage)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Judd for the Defense
Character:
Judd for the Defense
Character:Helen Wister
The F.B.I.
Character:Ardyth Nolan
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Suspicion
Character:
Telephone Time
Character:
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee/Performer
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Award Accepter
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Edwina Freel
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Julia Lester
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Laura Bowlby
Producers' Showcase
Character:Agnes
The Marriage
Character:Liz Marriott
General Electric Theater
Character:Laura Whitemore
Omnibus
Character:
Omnibus
Character:Self - Reader
Omnibus
Character:Louisa Catherine Johnson
Omnibus
Character:Jackie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Mrs. Martin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Annie Nations
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Character:Leticia Blacklock
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Cora Torrence
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Bertha Jacks
Prudential Family Playhouse
Character:
Lights Out
Character:
Studio One
Character:Connaught O'Brien
Studio One
Character:Mrs. Moore
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Liz Marriott
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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