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Jessica Tandy
Tandy, c. 1950s
Born
Jessie Alice Tandy

(1909-06-07)7 June 1909
Stoke Newington, London, England
Died11 September 1994(1994-09-11) (aged 85)
Easton, Connecticut, US
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States (from 1952)
OccupationActress
Years active1927–1994
Spouses
Jack Hawkins
(m. 1932; div. 1940)
Hume Cronyn
(m. 1942)
Children3

Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was an English-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, also winning for The Gin Game and Foxfire. Her films included Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Cocoon, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Nobody's Fool. At 80, she became the oldest actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Driving Miss Daisy.

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Jessica Tandy

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Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was an English-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60...

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Hume Cronyn

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Cronyn married the actress Jessica Tandy in 1942. The couple had a daughter, Tandy, and a son, Christopher. Cronyn and Tandy lived in the Bahamas, then...

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Driving Miss Daisy

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Alfred Uhry, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd. Freeman reprised his role from the...

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Fried Green Tomatoes

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Cafe. Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker and Cicely Tyson, the film...

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A Streetcar Named Desire

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Best Actress in a Play – Jessica Tandy 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1992 Theater World Award for Best Actress in a Play – Jessica Lange 2003 Olivier Award...

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Triple Crown of Acting

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Leading Actor in a Play – The Disenchanted British-American actress Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) completed the triple crown in 1990. She was a 5-time Tony...

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Batteries Not Included

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result of the new employment brought into the area. Hume Cronyn as Frank Jessica Tandy as Faye Frank McRae as Harry Elizabeth Peña as Marisa Michael Carmine...

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Blanche DuBois

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Blanche DuBois has been portrayed several times on stage and on screen. Jessica Tandy received a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche in the original...

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Used People

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MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Bob Dishy, Kathy Bates, Marcia Gay Harden, Jessica Tandy, Doris Roberts and Joe Pantoliano. The screenplay by Todd Graff, adapted...

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September Affair

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by William Dieterle and starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, and Jessica Tandy. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis. Marianne "Manina" Stuart (Joan Fontaine)...

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Honky Tonk Freeway

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Thompson), vacationing cross-country in their RV; an elderly woman (Jessica Tandy) with a drinking problem and her loving husband (Hume Cronyn), who are...

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The House on Carroll Street

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Yates, and starring Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, and Jessica Tandy. Set in 1950s New York City, it follows a photojournalist who, blacklisted...

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62nd Academy Awards

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to win Best Picture without a Best Director nomination. At age 80, Jessica Tandy became the oldest winner of a competitive acting Oscar at the time....

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To Dance with the White Dog

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lead actress Jessica Tandy, directing (Glenn Jordan), Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Film Editing, Hume Cronyn as Sam Peek Jessica Tandy as Cora Christine...

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Kelly McGillis

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Productions. McGillis played the part of caretaker for Miss Venable (Jessica Tandy) in 1988's The House on Carroll Street, which also starred Jeff Daniels...

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Jack Hawkins

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William Shakespeare (1933) and Iron Flowers by Cecil Lewis (1933, with Jessica Tandy his wife). He started appearing in films, including a number of "quota...

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Doreen Hawkins

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daughter named Susan. Doreen was his second wife as he had married actress Jessica Tandy in 1932; they divorced in 1940. Hawkins and Doreen remained married...

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