Jessica Tandy
Birthday
1909/06/07
Day of death
1994/09/11 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
London, England
Also know as
Jessica Alice Tandy, جسیکا تندی
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1989) Driving Miss Daisy
as Daisy Werthan
(1963) The Birds
as Lydia Brenner
(1991) Fried Green Tomatoes
as Ninny Threadgoode
(1985) Cocoon
as Alma Finley
(1987) *batteries not included
as Faye Riley
(1988) Cocoon: The Return
as Alma Finley
(1982) The World According to Garp
as Mrs. Fields
(1994) Nobody's Fool
as Beryl Peoples
(1982) Still of the Night
as Grace Rice
(1951) The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
(1946) Dragonwyck
as Peggy O'Malley
(1984) The Bostonians
as Miss Birdseye
(1938) Murder in the Family
as Ann Osborne
(1945) The Valley of Decision
as Louise Kane
(1982) Best Friends
as Eleanor McCullen
(1958) The Light in the Forest
as Myra Butler
(1950) September Affair
as Catherine Lawrence
(1988) The House on Carroll Street
as Miss Venable
(1944) The Seventh Cross
as Liesel Roeder
(1994) Camilla
as Camilla Cara
(1948) A Woman's Vengeance
as Janet Spence
(1991) The Story Lady
as Grace McQueen
(1946) The Green Years
as Kate Leckie
(1947) Forever Amber
as Nan Britton
(1962) Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Mrs. Helen Adams
(1993) To Dance with the White Dog
as Cora Peek
(1974) Butley
as Edna Shaft
(1987) Foxfire
as Annie Nations
(1973) Tennessee Williams' South
as ---
(1955) The Fourposter
as ---
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1992) Used People
as Freida
(1981) The Gin Game
as Fonsia Dorsey
(1932) Indiscretions of Eve
as Penelope, the Maid
(1944) Blonde Fever
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
(1958) The Christmas Tree
as Mrs. Martin
(1981) Honky Tonk Freeway
as Carol
(2003) Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
as Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2006) A Streetcar on Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) The Moon and Sixpence
as Blanche Stroeve
(1998) Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
(1990) Dream On
as (archive footage)
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Ardyth Nolan
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Connaught O'Brien
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Laura Whitemore
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Martin
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Edwina Freel
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Cora Torrence
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Liz Marriott
(1954) Producers' Showcase
as Agnes
(1949) Lights Out
as ---
(1957) Suspicion
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1954) The Marriage
as Liz Marriott
(1950) Prudential Family Playhouse
as ---
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Julia Lester
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Laura Bowlby
(1948) Studio One
as Mrs. Moore
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Annie Nations
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Award Accepter
(1951) Goodyear Television Playhouse
as Leticia Blacklock
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as Helen Wister
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1952) Omnibus
as Self - Reader
(1952) Omnibus
as Louisa Catherine Johnson
(1952) Omnibus
as Jackie
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bertha Jacks