Jessica Tandy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Jessica Tandy Tandy and Hume Cronyn at the 1988 Emmy Awards Born June 7, 1909(1909-06-07) London, England Died September 11, 1994 (aged 85) Easton, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1932 – 1994 Spouse(s) Jack Hawkins (1932-1940) Hume Cronyn (1942-1994) [show]Awards won Academy Awards Best Actress 1989 Driving Miss Daisy BAFTA Awards Best Actress 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie 1988 Foxfire Golden Globe Awards Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Tony Awards Best Leading Actress in a Play 1948 A Streetcar Named Desire 1978 The Gin Game 1983 Foxfire Special Tony Award 1994 Lifetime Achievement Other awards Saturn Award for Best Actress 1987 *batteries not included KCFCC Award for Best Actress 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Walk of Fame - Motion Picture 6290 Hollywood Blvd Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was a British-American stage and film actress. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Awards 3 Work 3.1 Broadway 3.2 Filmography 4 References 5 External links [edit] Biography [edit] Early life Tandy, the last of three children, was born in Geldeston Road in the London Borough of Hackney.[1] Her mother, Jessie Helen (née Horspool), was the head of a school for mentally handicapped children, and her father, Harry Tandy, was a travelling salesman for a rope manufacturer.[2] Her father died when Tandy was 12, and as a result her mother taught evening courses to increase the family's income. Tandy was educated at the Dame Alice Owen's School in the London Borough of Islington. [edit] Career After an acting career spanning some 65 years, Tandy found latter-day movie stardom in major studio releases and intimate dramas alike. 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 first marriage (to Jack Hawkins), she moved to New York and met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn, who became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She made her American film debut in The Seventh Cross (1944). She also appeared in The Valley of Decision (1945), The Green Years (1946, as Cronyn's daughter), Dragonwyck (1946) starring Gene Tierney and Forever Amber (1947). After her Tony-winning performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, (she lost the film role to actress Vivien Leigh) she concentrated on the stage. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1952. For the next 20 years, she appeared sporadically in films such as The Light in the Forest (1958) and The Birds (1963). Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy, 1989.The beginning of the 1980s saw a resurgence in her film career, with character roles in The World According to Garp, Best Friends, Still of the Night (all 1982) and The Bostonians (1984), and the hit film Cocoon (1985), opposite Cronyn, with whom she reteamed for *batteries not included (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). She and Cronyn had been working together more and more, on stage and television, notably in 1987's Foxfire which won her an Emmy Award (recreating her Tony winning Broadway role). However, it was her colorful performance in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), as an aging, stubborn Southern-Jewish matron, that earned her an Oscar. Tandy was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1990. She earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in the grassroots hit Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), and co-starred in The Story Lady (1991 telefilm, with daughter Tandy Cronyn), Used People (1992, as Shirley MacLaine's mother), To Dance with the White Dog (1993 telefilm, with husband Hume Cronyn), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Camilla (also 1994, with Cronyn). Camilla was to be her last performance, at the age of 84. [edit] Personal life Tandy married twice. Her first marriage, to British actor Jack Hawkins, in 1932, produced one daughter, Susan Hawkins (born 1934). The couple divorced in 1940. Tandy remarried, to Canadian-American actor, Hume Cronyn, in 1942. The couple had two children, Tandy Cronyn, also an actress, and son Christopher Cronyn. Tandy and Cronyn remained together until her death in 1994. In 1990, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer which she battled fiercely for four years, during which she continued to work. She had previously been treated for angina and glaucoma. She died at home on September 11, 1994, in Easton, Connecticut, of ovarian cancer. Prior to moving to Connecticut, she lived with Cronyn for many years in nearby Pound Ridge, New York. [edit] Awards Academy Award 1989 - Best Actress in a Leading Role, Driving Miss Daisy British Film Award 1989 - Best Actress, Driving Miss Daisy Emmy Award 1987 - Best Actress-Miniseries/Special, Foxfire Golden Globe 1989 - Best Actress, Driving Miss Daisy Sarah Siddons Award 1979 - Chicago theatre Tony Award 1994 - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement shared with her husband, Hume Cronyn 1982 - Best Actress, Foxfire, 1978 - Best Actress (Play), The Gin Game 1948 - Best Actress (Dramatic), A Streetcar Named Desire [edit] Work [edit] Broadway Year Production Role Other notes 1940 Jupiter Laughs Dr. Mary Murray 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Tony Award 1950 Hilda Crane Hilda Crane 1951 The Fourposter Agnes 1959 Five Finger Exercise Louise Harrington 1966 A Delicate Balance Agnes 1971 Home Marjorie 1977 The Gin Game Fonsia Dorsey Tony Award 1982 Foxfire Annie Nations Tony Award 1983 The Glass Menagerie Amanda Wingfield 1986 The Petition Lady Elizabeth Milne Nominated - Tony Award [edit] Filmography Year Film Role Other notes 1932 The Indiscretions of Eve Maid 1938 Murder in the Family Ann Osborne 1944 The Seventh Cross Liesel Roeder Blonde Fever Diner at Inn uncredited 1945 The Valley of Decision Louise Kane 1946 Dragonwyck Peggy O'Malley The Green Years Kate Leckie 1947 Forever Amber Nan Britton 1948 A Woman's Vengeance Janet Spence 1950 September Affair Catherine Lawrence 1951 The Desert Fox Frau Lucie Marie Rommel 1958 The Light in the Forest Myra Butler 1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Helen Adams Nominated - Golden Globe 1963 The Birds Lydia Brenner 1976 Butley Edna Shaft 1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Carol 1982 The World According to Garp Mrs. Fields Still of the Night Grace Rice Best Friends Eleanor McCullen 1984 The Bostonians Miss Birdseye 1985 Cocoon Alma Finley 1987 *batteries not included Faye Riley 1988 The House on Carroll Street Miss Venable Cocoon: The Return Alma Finley 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Daisy Werthan Academy Award for Best Actress; BAFTA Award; Golden Globe 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Ninny Threadgoode Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Nominated - BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe 1992 Used People Freida 1994 A Century of Cinema Herself documentary Nobody's Fool Beryl Peoples Camilla Camilla Cara [edit] References ^ Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace 19 November 1998 accessed 10 May 2007 ^ The Academy Awards: A Look At Jessica Tandy : OUPblog [edit] External links Jessica Tandy at Find A Grave Jessica Tandy at the Internet Broadway Database Jessica Tandy at the Internet Movie Database Movie Magazine International Tribute Obituary New York Times September 12, 1994 Awards and achievements Preceded by Irene Worth for The Cherry Orchard Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1977-1978 for The Gin Game Succeeded by Carole Shelley for The Elephant Man Preceded by Cloris Leachman Sarah Siddons Award 1979 Succeeded by Claudette Colbert Preceded by Zoe Caldwell for Medea Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1982-1983 for Foxfire Succeeded by Joan Allen for And a Nightingale Sang Preceded by Melanie Griffith for Working Girl Golden Globe Award - Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Succeeded by Julia Roberts for Pretty Woman Preceded by Pauline Collins for Shirley Valentine BAFTA Award - Best Actress for Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Succeeded by Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Actress Katharine Hepburn (1981) · Meryl Streep (1982) · Shirley MacLaine (1983) · Sally Field (1984) · Geraldine Page (1985) · Marlee Matlin (1986) · Cher (1987) · Jodie Foster (1988) · Jessica Tandy (1989) · Kathy Bates (1990) · Jodie Foster (1991) · Emma Thompson (1992) · Holly Hunter (1993) · Jessica Lange (1994) · Susan Sarandon (1995) · Frances McDormand (1996) · Helen Hunt (1997) · Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) · Hilary Swank (1999) · Julia Roberts (2000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • ePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Susan Clark / Rosemary Harris (1976) · Sally Field / Patty Duke (1977) · Joanne Woodward / Meryl Streep (1978) · Bette Davis (1979) · Patty Duke (1980) · Vanessa Redgrave (1981) · Ingrid Bergman (1982) · Barbara Stanwyck (1983) · Jane Fonda (1984) · Joanne Woodward (1985) · Marlo Thomas (1986) · Gena Rowlands (1987) · Jessica Tandy (1988) · Holly Hunter (1989) · Barbara Hershey (1990) · Lynn Whitfield (1991) · Gena Rowlands (1992) · Holly Hunter (1993) · Kirstie Alley (1994) · Glenn Close (1995) · Helen Mirren (1996) · Alfre Woodard (1997) · Ellen Barkin (1998) · Helen Mirren (1999) · Halle Berry (2000) Complete list: (1954-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • eTony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Ingrid Bergman / Helen Hayes (1947) · Judith Anderson / Jessica Tandy (1948) · Shirley Booth (1950) · Uta Hagen (1951) · Julie Harris (1952) · Shirley Booth (1953) · Audrey Hepburn (1954) · Nancy Kelly (1955) · Julie Harris (1956) · Margaret Leighton (1957) · Helen Hayes (1958) · Gertrude Berg (1959) · Anne Bancroft (1960) · Joan Plowright. (1961) · Margaret Leighton (1962) · Uta Hagen (1963) · Sandy Dennis (1964) · Irene Worth (1965) · Rosemary Harris (1966) · Beryl Reid (1967) · Zoe Caldwell (1968) · Julie Harris (1969) · Tammy Grimes (1970) · Maureen Stapleton (1971) · Sada Thompson (1972) · Julie Harris (1973) · Colleen Dewhurst (1974) · Ellen Burstyn (1975) Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • eTony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Irene Worth (1976) · Julie Harris (1977) · Jessica Tandy (1978) · Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979) · Phyllis Frelich (1980) · Jane Lapotaire (1981) · Zoe Caldwell (1982) · Jessica Tandy (1983) · Glenn Close (1984) · Stockard Channing (1985) · Lily Tomlin (1986) · Linda Lavin (1987) · Joan Allen (1988) · Pauline Collins (1989) · Maggie Smith (1990) · Mercedes Ruehl (1991) · Glenn Close (1992) · Madeline Kahn (1993) · Diana Rigg (1994) · Cherry Jones (1995) · Zoe Caldwell (1996) · Janet McTeer (1997) · Marie Mullen (1998) · Judi Dench (1999) · Jennifer Ehle (2000) Complete list: (1947–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present) Persondata NAME Tandy, Jessica ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1909 PLACE OF BIRTH London, England, UK DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1994 PLACE OF DEATH Easton,Connecticut, U.S. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" Categories: 1909 births | 1994 deaths | American film actors | American stage actors | BAFTA winners (people) | Best Actress Academy Award winners | Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe (film) winners | Cancer deaths in Connecticut | Deaths from ovarian cancer | Drama Desk Award winners | Emmy Award winners | English Americans | English film actors | English immigrants to the United States | English stage actors | Kennedy Center honorees | Naturalized citizens of the United States | People from London | Tony Award winners | United States National Medal of Arts recipients