Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
Person

Jessica Tandy

Actor 1909-06-07 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 York, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. S...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Birds

The Birds

1963 · Lydia Brenner

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989 · Daisy Werthan

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 · Ninny Threadgoode

Cocoon

Cocoon

1985 · Alma Finley

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

1988 · Alma Finley

*batteries not included

*batteries not included

1987 · Faye Riley

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982 · Mrs. Fields

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1994 · Beryl Peoples

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Edwina Freel

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

1982 · Grace Rice

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

1946 · Peggy O'Malley

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951 · Frau Lucie Marie Rommel

The House on Carroll Street

The House on Carroll Street

1988 · Miss Venable

Best Friends

Best Friends

1982 · Eleanor McCullen

The Bostonians

The Bostonians

1984 · Miss Birdseye

Dream On

Dream On

1990 · (archive footage)

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

1944 · Liesel Roeder

Used People

Used People

1992 · Freida