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Jessica Tandy

British actress (–)

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Born

Jessie Alice Tandy


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Stoke Newington, London, England

Died11 September () (aged&#;85)

Easton, Connecticut, US

Citizenship
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  • United States (from )
OccupationActress
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Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June – 11 September ) was a British actress.

She appeared in over stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Jessica Tandy's career spanned over six decades, beginning in the British theatre in the late s. After her move to the United States, she continued to make significant contributions to both stage and film. Her performances were often noted for their elegance, depth, and versatility, making her one of the most respected actresses of her time. In addition to her Academy Award, she received numerous other accolades, including Tony Awards for her stage work. Her partnership with Hume Cronyn was one of the most enduring and respected in the acting world, both professionally and personally.

She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in , also winning for The Gin Game and Foxfire. Her films included Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Cocoon, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Nobody's Fool.

At 80, she became the oldest actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for Driving Miss Daisy.

Early life

The youngest of three siblings, Tandy was born in Geldeston Road in Hackney, London, to Harry Tandy and his wife, Jessie Helen Horspool.[1] Her mother was from a large Fenland family in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and the head of a school for disabled children, and her father was a travelling salesman for a rope manufacturer.[2] She was educated at Dame Alice Owen's School in Islington.

Her father died when she was 12, and her mother subsequently taught evening courses to earn an income. Her brother Edward was later a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Asia.[3]

Career

Tandy was 18 years old when she made her professional debut on the London stage in During the s, she acted in many plays in London's West End, playing Ophelia (opposite John Gielgud's legendary Hamlet) and Katherine (opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V).[4]

She entered films in Britain, but after her marriage to Jack Hawkins failed, she moved to the United States hoping to find better roles.

During her time as a leading actress on the stage in London, she often had to fight over roles with her two rivals, Peggy Ashcroft and Celia Johnson.[5] In the following years, she played supporting roles in several Hollywood films.

Actor hume cronyn biography: Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June – 11 September ) was a British actress. She appeared in over stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Like many stage actors, Tandy also worked in radio. Among other programs, she was a regular on Mandrake the Magician[6] (as Princess Narda), and then with her second husband Hume Cronyn in The Marriage which ran on radio from to , and then segued onto television.

She made her American film debut in The Seventh Cross (; appearing alongside Cronyn).

She had supporting appearances in The Valley of Decision (), The Green Years (, as Cronyn's daughter), Dragonwyck () starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price and Forever Amber (). She appeared as the insomniac murderess in A Woman's Vengeance (), a film noir adapted by Aldous Huxley from his short story "The Gioconda Smile".

Hume cronyn She continued to star in stage, film, and television productions until her death. At the age ofeighty Tandy received an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal ofDaisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy, becoming the oldest person ever to realize that distinction. As a child, Tandy attended numerous plays and art exhibits with her family, and at the age of eighteen she completeda three-year period of study at the Ben Greet Academy of Acting in London. Tandy's stage debut was in in London, where she portrayed Sarah Mandersonin The Manderson Girls, and she went on to appear in numerous stage productions throughout the s, including a run on Broadway in The Matriarch. Tandymaintained an interest in Shakespearean plays, and she portrayed Shakespearean heroines in several acclaimed productions, including Ophelia opposite JohnGielgud's Hamlet in , Viola in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Twelfth Night, in which she twice appeared opposite Laurence Olivier, and Cordeliaopposite Gielgud's King Lear in

Over the next three decades, her film career continued sporadically while she found better roles on the stage. Her roles during this time included The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel () opposite James Mason, The Light in the Forest (), and a role as a domineering mother in Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds ().

On Broadway, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in After this (she lost the film role to actress Vivien Leigh), she concentrated on the stage. In , she and Cronyn joined the acting company of the Stratford Festival, and returned in to debut Cronyn's play Foxfire.[8][9] In , she earned her second Tony Award, for her performance (with Cronyn) in The Gin Game and her third Tony in for her performance, again with Cronyn, in Foxfire.

The beginning of the s saw a resurgence in her film career, with character roles in The World According to Garp (with Cronyn), Best Friends, Still of the Night (all ) and The Bostonians (). She and Cronyn were now working together more regularly on stage and television, including the films Honky Tonk Freeway (), Cocoon (), *batteries not included (), Cocoon: The Return (), and the Emmy Award winning television film Foxfire (, recreating her Tony winning Broadway role).

However, it was her colourful performance in Driving Miss Daisy (), as an aging, stubborn Southern Jewish matron, that earned her an Oscar.[10]

She received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in the grassroots hit Fried Green Tomatoes () and co-starred in The Story Lady ( TV film, with her daughter Tandy Cronyn), Used People (, as Shirley MacLaine's mother), television film To Dance with the White Dog (, with Cronyn), and Camilla (, with Cronyn).

Nobody's Fool () proved to be her last performance, at the age of

Personal life and death

In , Tandy married English actor Jack Hawkins and together they had a daughter, Susan Hawkins.[11] Susan became an actress and was the daughter-in-law of John Moynihan Tettemer, a former Passionist monk who authored I Was a Monk: The Autobiography of John Tettemer, and was cast in small roles in Lost Horizon and Meet John Doe.[12]

Tandy and Hawkins divorced in She married Canadian actor Hume Cronyn in [11] Prior to moving to Connecticut, she and Cronyn lived for many years in nearby Pound Ridge, New York, and they remained together until her death in They had two children, daughter Tandy Cronyn, an actress who co-starred with her mother in the TV film The Story Lady, and son Christopher Cronyn.

Tandy became a naturalised citizen of the US in

In , Tandy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and she also suffered from angina and glaucoma. Despite her illnesses and advancing age she continued working. On September 11, , she died at home in Easton, Connecticut, at the age of [4][13][14]

Work

US stage credits

Film

Television

†Re-issued on DVD as The Christmas Story Lady

Other awards

Tandy was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in [17]

References

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  3. ^Kelly, Terence (). Living with Japanese. Kellan Press. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
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  9. ^"At Home with Cronyn and Tandy". The New York Times. 26 May Retrieved 12 September
  10. ^Cronyn, Hume (). Terrible Liar: A Memoir. New York: William Morrow. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
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    Jessica tandy biography actor She was an acclaimed stage actress, excelling in both classical and popular productions on the London stage, including various Shakespearean roles, and then became famous for playing Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire Tandy was dedicated to her craft, never expecting starring roles and considering herself fortunate to have the chance to perform each role. Her mother was from a large Fenland family in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and the head of a school for mentally handicapped children, and her father was a traveling salesman for a rope manufacturer. Her father died when she was 12, and her mother subsequently taught evening courses to earn an income. Jessica suffered from tuberculosis as a child which limited her school attendance.

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  12. ^Blackadar, Bruce (10 May ). "Hume Cronyn turns playwright with Foxfire". Toronto Star. p.&#;F1.
  13. ^"Miss Daisy, Jessica Tandy Win Top Oscars". Chicago Tribune. 27 March Retrieved 7 November
  14. ^ abChamplin, Charles (18 June ).

    "Life After Jessie: For 52 years, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy shared the love story of the century. Her death last year devastated him, but his love lives on". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 November

  15. ^"John Tettemer". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved 5 May
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    "Obituary: Jessica Tandy". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 8 June Retrieved 11 June

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  21. ^Wickstrom, Gordon M. (March ). "Theatre in Review". Educational Theatre Journal. 25 (1): – JSTOR&#;
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    Jessica tandy biography hume cronyn Her father died when she was 12, and her mother subsequently taught evening courses to earn an income. Her brother Edward was later a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Asia. Tandy was 18 years old when she made her professional debut on the London stage in She entered films in Britain, but after her marriage to Jack Hawkins failed, she moved to the United States hoping to find better roles. During her time as a leading actress on the stage in London, she often had to fight over roles with her two rivals, Peggy Ashcroft and Celia Johnson.

    Archived from the original on 24 January Retrieved 17 March

  23. ^"Beautiful Through the Years". People. Retrieved 1 February
  24. ^"Notes for Jessica Tandy". Turner Classic Movies. Accessed 11 July
  25. ^"Past Recipients: Crystal Award". Women In Film. Archived from the original on 24 July Retrieved 10 May

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