Jessica Tandy

Also known as Jessie Alice Tandy

British actress (1909–1994)

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Jessica Alice Tandy was a British-American stage, film, and television actor. Born in London, England, on June 7, 1909, she began her work period in 1926. She spoke English and was a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. Her notable works include roles recognized in the Academy Award Best Actress collection and the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.

Tandy received several awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, and the Kennedy Center Honors. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, an Academy Award for Best Actress, and Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play and Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was married to Hume Cronyn and Jack Hawkins and had three children.

Tandy died of ovarian cancer in Easton on September 11, 1994. Her death was due to natural causes. She is recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors collection.

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London, England

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…

Known for

A Streetcar on Broadway — Self (archive footage)2006
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen — Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star — Self (archive footage)2003
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes — Self1998
An African love story — Self1996
Nobody's Fool — Beryl Peoples1994
Camilla — Camilla Cara1994
To Dance with the White Dog — Cora Peek1993
Intimate Portrait — Self1993
Used People — Freida1992

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Instance of: human
Given name: Jessica
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Easton
Spouse: Jack Hawkins
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: English language
Image: Jessica Tandy 1959.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Jessica Tandy
date of birth: 1909-06-07
date of death: 1994-09-11
cause of death: ovarian cancer
nominated for: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Jessica Tandy
birth name: Jessica Alice Tandy
start of work period: 1926-00-00
name in native language: Jessica Tandy

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Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994), known professionally as Jessica Tandy, was an English and American actress. She appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Tandy is one of few performers to achieve Triple Crown of Acting status.

Tandy won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, also winning for The Gin Game and Foxfire. Her films included The Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Nobody's Fool. At 80, she became the oldest actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for Driving Miss Daisy.

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