- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1909
- Place of Birth
- London, England
- Died
- September 11, 1994
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 Hi…
Filmography
movieA Streetcar on Broadway
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieMiss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003 · Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieMoments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998 · Self
An African love story
movieAn African love story
1996 · Self
movieNobody's Fool
1994 · Beryl Peoples
movieCamilla
1994 · Camilla Cara
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieTo Dance with the White Dog
1993 · Cora Peek
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
movieUsed People
1992 · Freida
movieFried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Ninny Threadgoode
movieThe Story Lady
1991 · Grace McQueen
tvDream On
1990 · (archive footage)
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
movieDriving Miss Daisy
1989 · Daisy Werthan
movieCocoon: The Return
1988 · Alma Finley
movieThe House on Carroll Street
1988 · Miss Venable
movie*batteries not included
1987 · Faye Riley
movieFoxfire
1987 · Annie Nations
movieCocoon
1985 · Alma Finley
movieThe Bostonians
1984 · Miss Birdseye
movieBest Friends
1982 · Eleanor McCullen
movieStill of the Night
1982 · Grace Rice
movieThe World According to Garp
1982 · Mrs. Fields
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Fonsia Dorsey
movieHonky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Carol
movieThe Gin Game
1981 · Fonsia Dorsey
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieButley
1974 · Edna Shaft
movieTennessee Williams' South
1973
tvJudd, for the Defense
1967 · , Helen Wister
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Ardyth Nolan
movieThe Birds
1963 · Lydia Brenner
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · Mrs. Helen Adams
movieThe Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Blanche Stroeve
The Christmas Tree
movieThe Christmas Tree
1958 · Mrs. Martin
movieThe Light in the Forest
1958 · Myra Butler
tvSuspicion
1957
tvTelephone Time
1956
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Award Accepter, Self - Winner, Self - Nominee, Self (archive footage), Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Presenter
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Edwina Freel, Julia Lester, Laura Bowlby
movieThe Fourposter
1955
Producers' Showcase
tvProducers' Showcase
1954 · Agnes
The Marriage
tvThe Marriage
1954 · Liz Marriott
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Laura Whitemore
tvOmnibus
1952 · , Self - Reader, Louisa Catherine Johnson, Jackie
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Mrs. Martin, Annie Nations
movieThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
tvGoodyear Television Playhouse
1951 · Leticia Blacklock
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Cora Torrence, Bertha Jacks
movieSeptember Affair
1950 · Catherine Lawrence
Prudential Family Playhouse
tvPrudential Family Playhouse
1950
tvLights Out
1949
tvStudio One
1948 · Connaught O'Brien, Mrs. Moore
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Liz Marriott
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieA Woman's Vengeance
1948 · Janet Spence
movieForever Amber
1947 · Nan Britton
movieThe Green Years
1946 · Kate Leckie
movieDragonwyck
1946 · Peggy O'Malley
movieThe Valley of Decision
1945 · Louise Kane
movieBlonde Fever
1944 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944 · Liesel Roeder
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Murder in the Family
movieMurder in the Family
1938 · Ann Osborne
movieIndiscretions of Eve
1932 · Penelope, the Maid