Awards & Winners

Jessica Tandy

Date of Birth 07-June-1909
Place of Birth London Borough of Hackney
(Greater London, London, United Kingdom, East End of London, England, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality United States of America, England
Also know as Jessie Alice Tandy, Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy, Jessica Alice Tandy
Profession Actor
Jessica Alice Tandy was a British-American stage and film actress, who spent most of her 67-year career in the United States. She appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV. Born in London to a headmistress and a travelling salesman, she made her professional debut on the London stage in 1927, at the age of 18. During the 1930s, she appeared in a large number of plays in London's West End, playing roles such as Ophelia, opposite John Gielgud's legendary Hamlet, and Katherine, opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V. In the 1930s, she also worked in a couple of British films. Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York in 1940, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She won the Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, sharing the prize with Katharine Cornell and Judith Anderson. Over the following three decades, her career continued sporadically and included a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's horror film, The Birds, and a Tony Award-winning performance in The Gin Game. Along with Cronyn, she was a member of the original acting company of the Guthrie Theater.

Awards by Jessica Tandy

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jessica Tandy.

1994


Special Tony Award
(Lifetime Achievement)

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Hallmark Hall of Fame
To Dance with the White Dog

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Fried Green Tomatoes

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Fried Green Tomatoes
role: Ninny Threadgoode
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television The Story Lady

1991


BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Honored for : Driving Miss Daisy

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Driving Miss Daisy
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Fried Green Tomatoes
Role: Ninny Threadgoode

1990


Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Honored for : Driving Miss Daisy
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Honored for : Driving Miss Daisy

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Driving Miss Daisy
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Driving Miss Daisy

1989


Academy Award for Best Actress
Honored for : Driving Miss Daisy
(Role: Daisy Werthan)

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Driving Miss Daisy
Academy Award for Best Actress Driving Miss Daisy
Role: Daisy Werthan

1988


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Honored for : Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Foxfire)

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Hallmark Hall of Fame
Foxfire

1986


Drama Desk Special Award
(For their continuing theatrical partnership)
Kennedy Center Honors

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play The Petition

1983


Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Honored for : Foxfire
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Honored for : Foxfire
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Honored for : Foxfire

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Foxfire
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Foxfire
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Foxfire

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Rose
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Rose

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play The Gin Game

1978


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Gin Game
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Gin Game

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play The Gin Game
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play The Gin Game

1973


Obie Award for Performance
Honored for : Not I
(Distinguished Performances)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance
Honored for : Not I
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance
Honored for : Happy Days

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance Happy Days
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance Not I

1963


Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance Producers' Showcase
The Fourposter

1948


Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play A Streetcar Named Desire