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Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was an English-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 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.
She was born Jessie Alice Tandy in London in 1909, the daughter of Jessie Helen (Horspool), the head of a school for mentally handicapped children, and Harry Tandy, a traveling salesman. Her parents enrolled her as a teenager at the Ben Greet Academy of Acting, where she showed immediate promise.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Jessica Tandy was an English-born U.S. actress, well known for her role in Broadway's Foxfire and her Oscar-winning performance in Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Tandy was the original...
Jessie Alice Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was a British-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Apr 29, 2024 · Jessica Tandy (born June 7, 1909, London, Eng.—died Sept. 11, 1994, Easton, Conn., U.S.) was an English-born American actress of stage, screen, and television, noted for her complex portrayals and frequent collaborations with Hume Cronyn, her husband.
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Born in London, England, on June 7, 1909; died of ovarian cancer at her home in Easton, Connecticut, on September 11, 1994; daughter of Harry Tandy (a rope manufacturer) and Jessie Helen (Horspool) Tandy; attended Dame Alice Owen's Girls School; trained at the Ben Greet Academy of Acting in London, 1924–27; married Jack Hawkins (an actor), in ...
Sep 11, 1994 · Biography. 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.
