About
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 Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, sharing the prize with Katherine Cornell (who won for Antony and Cleopatra) and Judith Anderson (for the latter's portrayal of Medea). Over the following three decades, her career continued sporadically and included a substantial role in Alfred...
Known for
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Studio OneSeries • 1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
Dream OnSeries • 1990
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
Lights OutSeries • 1949
Judd, for the DefenseSeries • 1967
Telephone TimeSeries • 1956
The BirdsMovie • 1963
SuspicionSeries • 1957
Goodyear Television PlayhouseSeries • 1951
The House on Carroll StreetMovie • 1988
Fried Green TomatoesMovie • 1991
Driving Miss DaisyMovie • 1989
*batteries not includedMovie • 1987
CocoonMovie • 1985
Nobody's FoolMovie • 1994
Cocoon: The ReturnMovie • 1988
Still of the NightMovie • 1982
The World According to GarpMovie • 1982
The Desert Fox: The Story of RommelMovie • 1951
DragonwyckMovie • 1946
Used PeopleMovie • 1992