Jessica Tandy

Birthday: 1909-06-07
Deathday: 1994-05-17
Birthplace: London, England
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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.

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1990 81 Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Leading Actress Win 0
1992 83 Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Supporting Actress Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
1994-12-23 Nobody's Fool Beryl Peoples
1994-11-25 Camilla Camilla Cara
1993-12-05 To Dance with the White Dog Cora Peek
1992-12-16 Used People Freida
1991-12-27 Fried Green Tomatoes Ninny Threadgoode
1991-12-09 The Story Lady Grace McQueen
1989-12-13 Driving Miss Daisy Daisy Werthan
1988-09-13 Cocoon: The Return Alma Finley
1988-03-04 The House on Carroll Street Miss Venable
1987-12-18 *batteries not included Faye Riley
1987-12-13 Foxfire Annie Nations
1985-06-21 Cocoon Alma Finley
1984-05-01 The Bostonians Miss Birdseye
1982-12-17 Best Friends Eleanor McCullen
1982-11-19 Still of the Night Grace Rice
1982-08-13 The World According to Garp Mrs. Fields
1981-08-21 Honky Tonk Freeway Carol
1981-04-21 The Gin Game Fonsia Dorsey
1974-01-21 Butley Edna Shaft
1973-01-01 Tennessee Williams' South
1963-03-28 The Birds Lydia Brenner
1962-07-25 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Mrs. Helen Adams
1959-10-30 The Moon and Sixpence Blanche Stroeve
1958-12-14 The Christmas Tree Mrs. Martin
1958-07-08 The Light in the Forest Myra Butler
1955-01-01 The Fourposter
1951-10-16 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
1950-10-18 September Affair Catherine Lawrence
1948-03-02 A Woman's Vengeance Janet Spence
1947-10-10 Forever Amber Nan Britton
1946-07-04 The Green Years Kate Leckie
1946-04-19 Dragonwyck Peggy O'Malley
1945-05-03 The Valley of Decision Louise Kane
1944-12-05 Blonde Fever Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1944-07-24 The Seventh Cross Liesel Roeder
1938-01-01 Murder in the Family Ann Osborne
1932-09-12 Indiscretions of Eve Penelope, the Maid