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.
Driving Miss Daisy
(Daisy Werthan)
The Birds
(Lydia Brenner)
Fried Green Tomatoes
(Ninny Threadgoode)
Cocoon
(Alma Finley)
*batteries not included
(Faye Riley)
Cocoon: The Return
(Alma Finley)
The World According to Garp
(Mrs. Fields)
Nobody's Fool
(Beryl Peoples)
Still of the Night
(Grace Rice)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(Frau Lucie Marie Rommel)
Dragonwyck
(Peggy O'Malley)
The Bostonians
(Miss Birdseye)
Murder in the Family
(Ann Osborne)
The Valley of Decision
(Louise Kane)
Best Friends
(Eleanor McCullen)
The Light in the Forest
(Myra Butler)
September Affair
(Catherine Lawrence)
The House on Carroll Street
(Miss Venable)
The Seventh Cross
(Liesel Roeder)
Camilla
(Camilla Cara)
A Woman's Vengeance
(Janet Spence)
The Story Lady
(Grace McQueen)
The Green Years
(Kate Leckie)
Forever Amber
(Nan Britton)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
(Mrs. Helen Adams)
To Dance with the White Dog
(Cora Peek)
Butley
(Edna Shaft)
Foxfire
(Annie Nations)
Tennessee Williams' South
The Fourposter
Night of 100 Stars III
(Self)
Used People
(Freida)
The Gin Game
(Fonsia Dorsey)
Indiscretions of Eve
(Penelope, the Maid)
Blonde Fever
(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))
The Christmas Tree
(Mrs. Martin)
Honky Tonk Freeway
(Carol)
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
(Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited))
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
(Self (archive footage))
A Streetcar on Broadway
(Self (archive footage))
The Moon and Sixpence
(Blanche Stroeve)
Dream On
((archive footage))
The F.B.I.
(Ardyth Nolan)
Omnibus
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Studio One
(Connaught O'Brien)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Laura Whitemore)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Mrs. Martin)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Edwina Freel)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Cora Torrence)
Judd for the Defense
The Philco Television Playhouse
(Liz Marriott)
Producers' Showcase
(Agnes)
Lights Out
Suspicion
Telephone Time
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
The Marriage
(Liz Marriott)
Prudential Family Playhouse
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Intimate Portrait
(Self)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee/Performer)
Tony Awards
(Self - Winner)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Julia Lester)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Laura Bowlby)
Studio One
(Mrs. Moore)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Annie Nations)
Tony Awards
(Self - Award Accepter)
Goodyear Television Playhouse
(Leticia Blacklock)
Judd for the Defense
(Helen Wister)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Omnibus
(Self - Reader)
Omnibus
(Louisa Catherine Johnson)
Omnibus
(Jackie)