Jessica Tandy
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003
as Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
as Self
An African love story
1996
as Self
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Beryl Peoples
Camilla
1994
as Camilla Cara
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Cora Peek
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Used People
1992
as Freida
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Ninny Threadgoode
The Story Lady
1991
as Grace McQueen
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Dream On
1990
as (archive footage)
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
as Daisy Werthan
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Alma Finley
The House on Carroll Street
1988
as Miss Venable
*batteries not included
1987
as Faye Riley
Foxfire
1987
as Annie Nations
Cocoon
1985
as Alma Finley
The Bostonians
1984
as Miss Birdseye
The World According to Garp
1982
as Mrs. Fields
Still of the Night
1982
as Grace Rice
Best Friends
1982
as Eleanor McCullen
American Playhouse
1982
as Fonsia Dorsey
The Gin Game
1981
as Fonsia Dorsey
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Carol
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Butley
1974
as Edna Shaft
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
Film '72
1971
as Self
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
as Helen Wister
The F.B.I.
1965
as Ardyth Nolan
The Birds
1963
as Lydia Brenner
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Mrs. Helen Adams
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Blanche Stroeve
The Light in the Forest
1958
as Myra Butler
The Christmas Tree
1958
as Mrs. Martin
Suspicion
1957
Telephone Time
1956
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Award Accepter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Fourposter
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Edwina Freel
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Julia Lester
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Laura Bowlby
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Agnes
The Marriage
1954
as Liz Marriott
General Electric Theater
1953
as Laura Whitemore
Omnibus
1952
Omnibus
1952
as Self - Reader
Omnibus
1952
as Louisa Catherine Johnson
Omnibus
1952
as Jackie
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Martin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Cora Torrence
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Annie Nations
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
as Leticia Blacklock
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bertha Jacks
September Affair
1950
as Catherine Lawrence
Prudential Family Playhouse
1950
Lights Out
1949
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Janet Spence
Studio One
1948
as Connaught O'Brien
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Liz Marriott
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Moore
Forever Amber
1947
as Nan Britton
Dragonwyck
1946
as Peggy O'Malley
The Green Years
1946
as Kate Leckie
The Valley of Decision
1945
as Louise Kane
The Seventh Cross
1944
as Liesel Roeder
Blonde Fever
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Murder in the Family
1938
as Ann Osborne
Indiscretions of Eve
1932
as Penelope, the Maid