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Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (June 7 1909 β 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
all 64
Movies 42
TV Shows 22
self 11
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Camilla (1994)
Used People (1992)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Story Lady (1991)
Dream On (1990)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
The House on Carroll Street (1988)
*batteries not included (1987)
Foxfire (1987)
Cocoon (1985)
The Bostonians (1984)
Best Friends (1982)
Still of the Night (1982)
The World According to Garp (1982)
The Gin Game (1981)
Butley (1974)
Tennessee Williams' South (1973)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Birds (1963)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
The Moon and Sixpence (1959)
The Christmas Tree (1958)
The Light in the Forest (1958)
Tony Awards (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Marriage (1954)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Omnibus (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
September Affair (1950)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
Forever Amber (1947)
The Green Years (1946)
Dragonwyck (1946)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Blonde Fever (1944)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
Murder in the Family (1938)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1909-06-07
Deathday1994-09-11 (85 years old)
Birth NameJessica Alice Tandy
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
RelationshipsHume Cronyn (1942 - 1994), Jack Hawkins (1932 - 1940)
ChildrenTandy Cronyn
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States
Also Known AsJessica Alice Tandy
AwardsNational Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Crystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Academy Award for Best Actress
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