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Jessica Tandy

Jessica TandyAKA Jessica Alice Tandy

Born: 7-Jun-1909
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 11-Sep-1994
Location of death: Easton, CT
Cause of death: Cancer - Ovarian
Remains: Cremated

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Driving Miss Daisy

Husband: Jack Hawkins (actor, m. 1932, div. 1942, one daughter)
Daughter: Susan Tettmer
Husband: Hume Cronyn (actor, m. 27-Sep-1942, until her death, one son, one daughter)
Son: Christopher Cronyn (film production manager, b. 22-Jul-1943)
Daughter: Tandy Cronyn (actress, b. 26-Nov-1945)

    Oscar for Best Actress 1990 for Driving Miss Daisy
    Golden Globe 1990 for Driving Miss Daisy
    Tony 1948 for A Sreet Car Named Desire?
    Tony 1978 for The Gin Game
    Emmy 1982 for Foxfire
    Kennedy Center Honor 1986
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6290 Hollywood Blvd.
    National Medal of Arts 1990

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Nobody's Fool (23-Dec-1994) · Miss Beryl
    Camilla (25-Nov-1994)
    To Dance with the White Dog (5-Dec-1993)
    Used People (16-Dec-1992)
    Fried Green Tomatoes (27-Dec-1991) · Ninny Threadgoode
    The Story Lady (9-Dec-1991) · Grace McQueen
    Driving Miss Daisy (13-Dec-1989) · Daisy Werthan
    Cocoon: The Return (23-Nov-1988) · Alma Finley
    The House on Carroll Street (5-May-1988)
    batteries not included (18-Dec-1987) · Faye
    Cocoon (21-Jun-1985) · Alma Finley
    The Bostonians (May-1984) · Miss Birdseye
    Still of the Night (26-Jan-1983) · Grace Rice
    Best Friends (17-Dec-1982)
    The World According to Garp (23-Jul-1982)
    Honky Tonk Freeway (21-Aug-1981)
    Butley (16-Jan-1974) · Edna Shaft
    The Birds (28-Mar-1963) · Lydia Brenner
    Adventures of a Young Man (18-Jul-1962)
    The Light in the Forest (8-Jul-1958)
    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (17-Oct-1951) · Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
    September Affair (25-Aug-1950) · Catherine Lawrence
    A Woman's Vengeance (29-Jan-1948)
    Forever Amber (10-Oct-1947)
    The Green Years (4-Jul-1946) · Kate Leckie
    Dragonwyck (10-Apr-1946)
    The Valley of Decision (3-May-1945) · Louise Kane
    The Seventh Cross (24-Jul-1944) · Liesel Roeder


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