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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1909-06-07
- event Death Date 1994-09-11
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 8.2
- info Birth Place London, England
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jessica Tandy
7.3
Driving Miss Daisy
1989-12-13
7.6
The Birds
1963-03-28
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27
6.7
Cocoon
1985-06-21
6.7
*batteries not included
1987-12-18
6.5
Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13
6.7
The World According to Garp
1982-08-13
6.9
Nobody's Fool
1994-12-23
5.7
Still of the Night
1982-11-19
6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
6.6
Dragonwyck
1946-04-19
5.5
The Bostonians
1984-05-01
0
Murder in the Family
1938-01-01
7.5
The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03
5
Best Friends
1982-12-17
6.8
The Light in the Forest
1958-07-08
6.1
September Affair
1950-10-18
5.8
The House on Carroll Street
1988-03-04
6.8
The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
5.7
Camilla
1994-11-25
6.2
A Woman's Vengeance
1948-03-02
6
The Story Lady
1991-12-09
6.4
The Green Years
1946-07-04
6.1
Forever Amber
1947-10-10
4.8
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
1962-07-25
7.1
To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05
6.3
Butley
1974-01-21
7.2
Foxfire
1987-12-13
10
Tennessee Williams' South
1973-01-01
0
The Fourposter
1955-01-01
4
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
5.5
Used People
1992-12-16
8
The Gin Game
1981-04-21
0
Indiscretions of Eve
1932-09-12
4.5
Blonde Fever
1944-12-05
0
The Christmas Tree
1958-12-14
5.1
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
6
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2003-02-04
7
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003-02-04
6.5
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006-01-01
0
The Moon and Sixpence
1959-10-30
6.9
Dream On
1990-07-08
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
6
Omnibus
1952-11-09
5.3
The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
7.5
Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03
6
Producers' Showcase
1954-10-18
5.3
Lights Out
1949-07-19
5.9
Suspicion
1957-09-30
6.4
Telephone Time
1956-04-08
7.2
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
0
The Marriage
1954-07-01
6
Prudential Family Playhouse
1950-10-10
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
3.5
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951-10-14
7.5
Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20