Jessica Tandy
Born in London England, Jessica Alice Tandy is known for being one of the most outstanding actresses. She was born on June 7th, 1909. Jessica started at a young age interested in acting. Her parents enrolled her in Ben Greet acting academy at the age of 16. From there her life success had come. At 16, she performed in her first play "The Manderson Girls". In 1932, Jessica married British actor Jack Hawkens. After she had a child named Susan. Only 8 years into the marriage they decided it wasn't working out. Then Jessica started on Broadway, which she got her first Tony award performing in the show "A Streetcar Named Desire". Within her whole life she played in 11 Broadway productions. In 1942 she married Hume Cronye an actor/producer/director. Throughout Jessica's life she performed in a lot of movies and won many awards. Some of her most famous performances are The Birds, Fried Green Tomatoes, Driving Miss Daisy. Jessica won Oscars, Saturn Award, BAFTA Film Award, Emmy's, and Golden Globes. This is just a few to list. Her last award to be received was a Academy award in 1989 for best actress in a leading role, this was from the movie Driving Miss Daisy. Some last interesting facts are that Jessica earned a law degree in 1974. Also she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Died September 11,1994 in Easton, Ct. She passed away after fighting 4 years of Ovarian cancer.
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Born in London England, Jessica Alice Tandy is known for being one of the most outstanding actresses. She was born on June 7th, 1909. Jessica started at a young age interested in acting. Her parents enrolled her in Ben Greet acting academy at the age of 16. From there her life success had come. At 16, she performed in her first play "The Manderson Girls". In 1932, Jessica married British actor Jack Hawkens. After she had a child named Susan. Only 8 years into the marriage they decided it wasn't working out. Then Jessica started on Broadway, which she got her first Tony award performing in the show "A Streetcar Named Desire". Within her whole life she played in 11 Broadway productions. In 1942 she married Hume Cronye an actor/producer/director. Throughout Jessica's life she performed in a lot of movies and won many awards. Some of her most famous performances are The Birds, Fried Green Tomatoes, Driving Miss Daisy. Jessica won Oscars, Saturn Award, BAFTA Film Award, Emmy's, and Golden Globes. This is just a few to list. Her last award to be received was a Academy award in 1989 for best actress in a leading role, this was from the movie Driving Miss Daisy. Some last interesting facts are that Jessica earned a law degree in 1974. Also she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Died September 11,1994 in Easton, Ct. She passed away after fighting 4 years of Ovarian cancer.
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