Jessica Tandy

1979 - Sarah Siddons Award Chicago theatre
1986 - Drama Desk Special Award
1990 - National Medal of Arts
1991 - Women in Film Crystal Award
1994 - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement shared with her husband Hume Cronyn


Personal life
Tandy's first marriage to British actor Jack Hawkins in 1932 produced one daughter Susan Hawkins (born 1934). Work


Broadway credits


Filmography. Tandy was educated at Dame Alice Owen's School in Islington.

During the 1930s Jessica Tandy appeared in a large number of plays in London's West End playing roles such as Ophelia opposite John Gielgud's legendary Hamlet and Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V. Along with Cronyn Jessica Tandy was a member of the original acting company of the Guthrie Theater.