Jessica Tandy
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Robert Benton
Writers: Robert Benton,
Cast: Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Gene Saks, Jessica Tandy, Josef Sommer, Melanie Griffith, Paul Newman, Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pruitt Taylor Vince,
Director: Jon Avnet
Writers: Carol Sobieski,
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Cicely Tyson, Gailard Sartain, Gary Basaraba, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Stan Shaw, Timothy Scott,
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writers: Alfred Uhry,
Cast: Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle, Jessica Tandy, Joann Havrilla, Morgan Freeman, Muriel Moore, Patti LuPone, William Hall Jr.,
Director: Matthew Robbins
Writers: Brad Bird,
Cast: Dennis Boutsikaris, Elizabeth Peña, Frank McRae, Hume Cronyn, Jane Hoffman, Jessica Tandy, John DiSanti, John Pankow, Michael Carmine, Tom Aldredge,
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Tom Benedek,
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Clint Howard, Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Steve Guttenberg, Tahnee Welch, Wilford Brimley,
Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Valerie Curtin,
Cast: Audra Lindley, Barnard Hughes, Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Tandy, Keenan Wynn, Noah Hathaway, Peggy Walton-Walker, Richard Libertini, Ron Silver,
Director: Robert Benton
Writers: Robert Benton,
Cast: Frederikke Borge, Irving Metzman, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi, Josef Sommer, Larry Joshua, Meryl Streep, Richmond Hoxie, Roy Scheider, Sara Botsford,
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Evan Hunter,
Cast: Charles McGraw, Ethel Griffies, Jessica Tandy, Joe Mantell, Lonny Chapman, Rod Taylor, Ruth McDevitt, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright,
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
Cast: Anne Revere, Connie Marshall, Gene Tierney, Glenn Langan, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy, Spring Byington, Vincent Price, Vivienne Osborne, Walter Huston,