Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

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(1909–1994)
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Jessica Tandy was an English American actress well known for her role in Broadway's 'Foxfire' and her Oscar-winning performance in the film 'Driving Miss Daisy.'

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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 Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she won a Tony Award. She was married to actor Hume Cronyn and starred opposite him in a number of films, including The Gin Game (1977) and Cocoon (1985).

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