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Jessica Tandy |
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
Birthday:June 7, 1909
Height:0' 0"
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- Mother of Tandy Cronyn
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world [1990]
- Her cancer was diagnosed in 1990.
- She won a Tony Award in 1978 for "The Gin Game".
- She won a Tony Award in 1948 for "A Sreet Car Named Desire".
- Starred (with husband Hume Cronyn) as Liz Marriott on NBC Radio's "The Marriage" (1953-1954).
- In 1989, she became the twelfth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. Oscar: Best Actress, 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989), Tonys: Best Actress-Play, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1948) & Best Actress-Play, 'The Gin Game' (1978) & Best Actress-Play, 'Foxfire' (1983), and Emmy: Best Actress-Miniseries/Special, 'Foxfire' (1987).
- Has won four Tony Awards: in 1948, as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "A Streetcar Named Desire," an award shared with Judith Anderson for "Medea" and Katharine Cornell for "Antony and Cleopatra;" as Best Actress (Play), in 1978, for "The Gin Game," and in 1983, for "Foxfire;" and in 1994, a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement shared with her husband, Hume Cronyn. She also received Tony Award nominations in 1971, as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Rose," and in 1986, as Best Actress (Play) for "The Petition."
- Producer Lee Schubert convinced Jessie to change her name to Jessica during her early stage years.
- In 1974 she earned a law degree.
- She and her husband, Hume Cronyn, were both awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1990 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
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