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Biography

Jessica Tandy (June 7 1909 - September 11 1994) was an Academy, Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe winning stage, screen and television actress best…more

Born

6/7/1909, London, England

Died

9/11/1994

Birth Name

Jessie Alice Tandy

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- The Marriage
  Liz Marriott
Guest Star (51)

Role
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Cora Peek
  - S 43: Ep 1 To Dance With the White Dog
    12/5/93
- Dream On
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 15 Martin Over Medium
    9/5/92
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
  - S 63: Ep 1 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/91
  - S 62: Ep 1 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/90
- Pebble Mill
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 55 Episode 105
    3/20/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 124 March 23, 1990
    3/23/90
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 111 February 23, 1990
    2/23/90
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Annie Nations
  - S 37: Ep 2 Foxfire
    12/13/87
- American Playhouse
  Fonsia Dorsey
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Gin Game
    3/6/84
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 124 March 15, 1979
    3/15/79
  - S 2: Ep 23 October 15, 1975
    10/15/75
- Over Easy
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 130 May 12, 1978
    5/12/78
- The F.B.I.
  Adryth Nolan
  - S 7: Ep 21 The Set-Up
    2/13/72
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Genevieve
  - S 1: Ep 18 Operation: Dorias
    2/4/72
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 103 January 21, 1970
    1/21/70
- Judd for the Defense
  Helen Wister
  - S 2: Ep 4 Punishment, Cruel and Unusual
    10/11/68
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 21 May 15, 1967
    5/15/67
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 32 October 18, 1966
    10/18/66
  - S 3: Ep 209 June 27, 1966
    6/27/66
- Breaking Point
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 26 Glass Flowers Never Drop Their Petals
    3/23/64
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Mrs. Baines
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Fallen Idol
    10/14/59
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 34 Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy / Andy Griffith
    5/10/59
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Mrs. Martin
  - S 8: Ep 4 The Christmas Tree
    12/14/58
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 34 Long Distance
    7/25/58
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Laura Bowlby
  - S 3: Ep 37 The Canary Sedan
    6/15/58
- Telephone Time
  Bertha von Suttner
  - S 3: Ep 26 War Against War
    3/4/58
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 18 January 10, 1958
    1/10/58
- Suspicion
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Murder Me Gently
    10/7/57
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Julia Lester
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Glass Eye
    10/6/57
- Studio 57
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 33 Little Miss Bedford
    6/9/57
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Cora Torrence
  - S 6: Ep 27 Clothes Make the Man
    4/5/57
- Studio One
  Mrs. Moore
  - S 9: Ep 15 The Five Dollar Bill
    1/21/57
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Leticia Blacklock
  - S 6: Ep 5 A Murder Is Announced
    12/30/56
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Edwina Freed
  - S 2: Ep 6 Toby
    11/4/56
- General Electric Theater
  Laura Whittemarc
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Pot of Gold
    10/7/56
- Alcoa Hour
  Olivia Crummit
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Confidence Man
    5/27/56
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Better Half
    3/11/56
  - S 4: Ep 15 Minds Over Manners
    1/29/56
  - S 3: Ep 10 Second Shepherd's Play
    12/19/54
- Star Stage
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 24 The School Mistress
    2/17/56
- The United States Steel Hour
  Alice Wiggins
  - S 3: Ep 15 The Great Adventure
    1/18/56
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Liz Marriott
  - S 5: Ep 8 Christmas 'Til Closing
    12/18/55
- Omnibus
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 4 Advice to Bathers
    10/30/55
- Producers' Showcase
  Agnes
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Fourposter
    7/25/55
- Omnibus
  Louisa Catherine Johnson
  - S 3: Ep 15 John Quincy Adams
    1/23/55
- Omnibus
  Jackie
  - S 2: Ep 1 Glory in the Flower
    10/4/53
- Toast of the Town
  scheduled guest
  - S 6: Ep 15 Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy; Sonja Henie; Clifton Webb; Lilli Palmer
    12/21/52
- Toast of the Town
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 21 'The Ted Lewis Story' with Ted Lewis; Jessica Tandy; Hume Cronyn; Bert Wheeler
    1/27/52
  - S 4: Ep 24 Jessica Tandy; Hume Cronyn; Alan Young; Bobby Van; Russell Nype
    2/25/51
- The Paul Whiteman Revue
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 15 12/16/1951
    12/16/51
- Celebrity Time
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 28 8/5/1951
    8/5/51
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 30 Hangman's House
    3/19/51
- Prudential Family Playhouse
  Jane Crosby
  - S 1: Ep 9 Icebound
    1/30/51
- Somerset Maugham TV Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Man from Glasgow
    1/10/51
- Lights Out (1949)
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 20 Bird of Time
    1/8/51
- Masterpiece Playhouse
  Hedda Gabler
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hedda Gabler
    7/23/50
- Actors Studio
  Miss Lucretia Collins
  - S 1: Ep 1 Portrait of a Madonna
    9/26/48

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Trivia
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- Jessica was married to fellow actor Hume Cronyn from 1942 until her death in 1994, and they both appeared in the movie Cocoon.
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- Jessica was one of the many actors interviewed in the documentary A Century of Cinema in 1994, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of motion pictures.
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- Jessica's West End debut was in 1929 in the play The Rumour.
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- Jessica (on her husband): When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street and I always hope it's the street.
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