Jessica Tandy
Acting
Born June 7, 1909 · London, England
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 stage and screen. She won the Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broa…
Known For · 40 titles
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Goodyear Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
American Playhouse
The F.B.I.
Intimate Portrait
Suspicion
The Ed Sullivan Show
Telephone Time
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lights Out
Omnibus
The Kennedy Center Honors
Dream On
Judd, for the Defense
The Birds
Fried Green Tomatoes
Producers' Showcase
Nobody's Fool
General Electric Theater
Driving Miss Daisy
*batteries not included
Cocoon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cocoon: The Return
The World According to Garp
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Valley of Decision
The House on Carroll Street
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Dragonwyck
Still of the Night
Prudential Family Playhouse
Forever Amber
Night of 100 Stars III
The Green Years
Tennessee Williams' South