Jessica Tandy
Born in London, England — Jun 07 1909• Died Sep 11 1994
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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 performanc…
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The F.B.I.
Ardyth Nolan
Intimate Portrait
Self
Studio One
Connaught O'Brien
Lights Out
The Philco Television Playhouse
Liz Marriott
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Edwina Freel
Dream On
(archive footage)
Judd for the Defense
Telephone Time
Suspicion
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Leticia Blacklock
Producers' Showcase
Agnes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Martin
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ninny Threadgoode
The Birds
Lydia Brenner
Cocoon
Alma Finley
*batteries not included
Faye Riley
Driving Miss Daisy
Daisy Werthan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cora Torrence
General Electric Theater
Laura Whitemore
Cocoon: The Return
Alma Finley
Nobody's Fool
Beryl Peoples
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Used People
Freida
Dragonwyck
Peggy O'Malley
The Valley of Decision
Louise Kane
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
Forever Amber
Nan Britton
The World According to Garp
Mrs. Fields
Still of the Night
Grace Rice
The House on Carroll Street
Miss Venable
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Self
The Green Years
Kate Leckie
The Bostonians
Miss Birdseye
The Story Lady
Grace McQueen
September Affair
Catherine Lawrence
Prudential Family Playhouse
Honky Tonk Freeway
Carol
Best Friends
Eleanor McCullen
Camilla
Camilla Cara
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Mrs. Helen Adams
Butley
Edna Shaft
A Woman's Vengeance
Janet Spence
Tennessee Williams' South
The Moon and Sixpence
Blanche Stroeve
The Marriage
Liz Marriott
The Seventh Cross
Liesel Roeder
Foxfire
Annie Nations
The Fourposter
The Gin Game
Fonsia Dorsey
The Christmas Tree
Mrs. Martin
The Light in the Forest
Myra Butler
To Dance with the White Dog
Cora Peek
Blonde Fever
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
A Streetcar on Broadway
Self (archive footage)
Murder in the Family
Ann Osborne
Indiscretions of Eve
Penelope, the Maid
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Self (archive footage)
An African love story
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Award Accepter