Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

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...

Known For

The Birds

as Lydia Brenner

Fried Green Tomatoes

as Ninny Threadgoode

Driving Miss Daisy

as Daisy Werthan

Cast Credits

Nobody's Fool

as Beryl Peoples

Camilla

as Camilla Cara

Used People

as Freida

Fried Green Tomatoes

as Ninny Threadgoode

The Story Lady

as Grace McQueen

Driving Miss Daisy

as Daisy Werthan

Cocoon: The Return

as Alma Finley

Foxfire

as Annie Nations

Cocoon

as Alma Finley

The Bostonians

as Miss Birdseye

Best Friends

as Eleanor McCullen

Still of the Night

as Grace Rice

The Gin Game

as Fonsia Dorsey

Butley

as Edna Shaft

The Birds

as Lydia Brenner

The Moon and Sixpence

as Blanche Stroeve

The Christmas Tree

as Mrs. Martin

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel

September Affair

as Catherine Lawrence

A Woman's Vengeance

as Janet Spence

Forever Amber

as Nan Britton

The Green Years

as Kate Leckie