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Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1909-06-07

Birth Place

London, England

Movies and TV shows :

*batteries not included

*batteries not included

1987

6.6

Movie
A Streetcar on Broadway

A Streetcar on Broadway

2006

6.5

Movie
A Woman's Vengeance

A Woman's Vengeance

1948

6.3

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Best Friends

Best Friends

1982

5.0

Movie
Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever

1944

4.4

Movie
Butley

Butley

1974

6.3

Movie
Camilla

Camilla

1994

5.7

Movie
Cocoon

Cocoon

1985

6.6

Movie
Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

1988

6.5

Movie
Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

1946

6.6

Movie
poster

Dream On

1990

6.9

TV
Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989

7.2

Movie
Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

6.1

Movie
Foxfire

Foxfire

1987

7.2

Movie
Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

7.7

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

Goodyear Television Playhouse

1951

4.7

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

1962

4.8

Movie
Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

5.1

Movie
Indiscretions of Eve

Indiscretions of Eve

1932

0.0

Movie
poster

Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

TV
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

2003

6.0

Movie
poster

Judd for the Defense

1967

7.5

TV
poster

Lights Out

1949

5.3

TV
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

2003

7.0

Movie
Murder in the Family

Murder in the Family

1938

0.0

Movie
Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

4.0

Movie
Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1994

6.9

Movie
poster

Omnibus

1952

6.0

TV
poster

Producers' Showcase

1954

6.3

TV
poster

Prudential Family Playhouse

1950

6.0

TV
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
September Affair

September Affair

1950

6.0

Movie
Still of the Night

Still of the Night

1982

5.7

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

Suspicion

1957

5.9

TV
poster

Telephone Time

1956

6.3

TV
Tennessee Williams' South

Tennessee Williams' South

1973

10.0

Movie
The Birds

The Birds

1963

7.5

Movie
The Bostonians

The Bostonians

1984

5.5

Movie
The Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree

1958

0.0

Movie
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

6.6

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Fourposter

The Fourposter

1955

0.0

Movie
The Gin Game

The Gin Game

1981

8.0

Movie
The Green Years

The Green Years

1946

6.4

Movie
The House on Carroll Street

The House on Carroll Street

1988

5.8

Movie
poster

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

7.3

TV
The Light in the Forest

The Light in the Forest

1958

6.8

Movie
poster

The Marriage

1954

0.0

TV
poster

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

5.6

TV
The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

1959

0.0

Movie
poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.0

TV
The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

1944

6.7

Movie
The Story Lady

The Story Lady

1991

6.0

Movie
The Valley of Decision

The Valley of Decision

1945

7.3

Movie
The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982

6.7

Movie
To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog

1993

7.0

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Used People

Used People

1992

5.4

Movie