Jessica TandyJessica Tandy (1909-1994) was a British-born stage and film actress who spent most of her sixty-seven-year career in the United States. She acted in more than 100 stage productions and had more than sixty film and TV roles. She had many roles n Broadway, from 1930 through 1986, and her stage presence continued to grow while enacting a succession of Shakespeare's premiere ladies, until her stellar performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire. She won a total of seven Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Her film career began in 1932, and she had a role in Alfred Hitchcock's famous The Birds. She is now well known for her late-career film roles in Fried Green Tomatoes and Driving Miss Daisy, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read More Read Less