Jessica Tandy

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British-American actor film actress human stage actress television actress

Jessica Tandy was an acclaimed British-American actress known for her distinguished stage and film career, including her Academy Award–winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy."

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Jessica Tandy canonical 22

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British-American actor ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
BAFTA awards ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award

Drama Desk Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
birthName Jessie Alice Tandy ⓘ
causeOfDeath ovarian cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-06-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-09-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Tandy ⓘ
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
television ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
givenName Jessie ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
name Jessica Tandy self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement oldest woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress at the time ⓘ
notableRole Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy ⓘ
Lydia Brenner in The Birds ⓘ
Ninny Threadgoode in Fried Green Tomatoes ⓘ
notableWork Cocoon ⓘ
Driving Miss Daisy ⓘ
Foxfire ⓘ
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe ⓘ
surface form: Fried Green Tomatoes

The Birds ⓘ
The Gin Game ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hackney, London, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Easton, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Easton, Connecticut, United States
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Hume Cronyn ⓘ
Jack Hawkins ⓘ
workedWith Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
Hume Cronyn ⓘ
Morgan Freeman ⓘ
yearsActive 1920s–1994 ⓘ

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Cocoon → starredActor → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress → notableOldestWinner → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Hume Cronyn → spouse → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Hume Cronyn → workedWith → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
David Brown → producedFilmStarring → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play → hasAwarded → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Jessica Tandy → name → Jessica Tandy self-link ⓘ
The Birds → starring → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Driving Miss Daisy (1989 film) score → associatedWithLeadActor → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Jack Hawkins → spouse → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Driving Miss Daisy → castMember → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Donaldson Award → notableRecipient → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Blanche DuBois → notablePortrayalBy → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire → adaptationPortrayalBy → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Blanche DuBois
Triple Crown of Acting → hasNotableRecipient → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
The Seventh Cross → castMember → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Jessie → isGivenNameOf → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Tandy → usedBy → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Tandy → hasNotableBearer → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Lydia Brenner in The Birds → portrayedBy → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydia Brenner
Ninny Threadgoode in Fried Green Tomatoes → portrayedBy → Jessica Tandy ⓘ
subject surface form: Ninny Threadgoode
Lydia Brenner → portrayedBy → Jessica Tandy ⓘ