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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

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)
    Camilla (25-Nov-1994)
    To Dance with the White Dog (5-Dec-1993)
    Used People (16-Dec-1992)
    Fried Green Tomatoes (27-Dec-1991)
    Driving Miss Daisy (13-Dec-1989)
    Cocoon: The Return (23-Nov-1988)
    The House on Carroll Street (05-May-1988)
    batteries not included (18-Dec-1987)
    Cocoon (21-Jun-1985)
    The Bostonians (May-1984)
    Still of the Night (26-Jan-1983)
    Best Friends (17-Dec-1982)
    The World According to Garp (23-Jul-1982)
    Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
    Butley (16-Jan-1974)
    The Birds (28-Mar-1963)
    Adventures of a Young Man (18-Jul-1962)
    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (17-Oct-1951)
    September Affair (25-Aug-1950)
    Forever Amber (10-Oct-1947)
    The Green Years (4-Jul-1946)
    Dragonwyck (10-Apr-1946)
    The Valley of Decision (03-May-1945)
    The Seventh Cross (24-Jul-1944)



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