Acting
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.
Filmography
A Streetcar on Broadway
Film · 2006
James Dean: Forever Young
Film · 2005
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Film · 2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Film · 2003
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Film · 1998
An African love story
Film · 1996
Nobody's Fool
Film · 1994
Camilla
Film · 1994
To Dance with the White Dog
Film · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Used People
Film · 1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Film · 1991
The Story Lady
Film · 1991
Night of 100 Stars III
Film · 1990
Dream On
Series · 1990
Driving Miss Daisy
Film · 1989
Cocoon: The Return
Film · 1988
The House on Carroll Street
Film · 1988
*batteries not included
Film · 1987
Foxfire
Film · 1987
Cocoon
Film · 1985
The Bostonians
Film · 1984
The World According to Garp
Film · 1982
Still of the Night
Film · 1982
Best Friends
Film · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
The Gin Game
Film · 1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
Film · 1981
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
Butley
Film · 1974
Tennessee Williams' South
Film · 1973
Film '72
Series · 1971
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The Birds
Film · 1963
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Moon and Sixpence
Film · 1959
The Light in the Forest
Film · 1958
The Christmas Tree
Film · 1958
Suspicion
Series · 1957
Telephone Time
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Fourposter
Film · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Producers' Showcase
Series · 1954
The Marriage
Series · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
September Affair
Film · 1950
Prudential Family Playhouse
Series · 1950
Lights Out
Series · 1949
A Woman's Vengeance
Film · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
Forever Amber
Film · 1947
Dragonwyck
Film · 1946
The Green Years
Film · 1946
The Valley of Decision
Film · 1945
The Seventh Cross
Film · 1944
Blonde Fever
Film · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Murder in the Family
Film · 1938
Indiscretions of Eve
Film · 1932