Gender
Female
Born
Jun 07, 1909
London, ENGLAND
Died
Sep 11, 1994
Easton, Connecticut, USA
Performer
Relations
Wife of
Jack Hawkins (1932 - 1940) divorced
Wife of
Hume Cronyn (1942 - 1994) her death
Mother of
Susan Tennemer
Mother of
Tandy Cronyn
Mother of
Christopher Cronyn
  • CREDITS
    The Petition (Apr 24, 1986 - Jun 29, 1986)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Lady Elizabeth Milne - Original
    The Glass Menagerie (Dec 01, 1983 - Feb 19, 1984)
    Play, Revival
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • The Mother - Original
    Foxfire (Nov 11, 1982 - May 15, 1983)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Annie Nations - Original
    Rose (Mar 26, 1981 - May 23, 1981)
    Play, Original
    • Also Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Mother - Original
    The Gin Game (Oct 06, 1977 - Dec 31, 1978)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Fonsia Dorsey - Original (Sep 27, 1977 - Sep 03, 1978)
    Noël Coward in Two Keys (Feb 28, 1974 - Jun 29, 1974)
    Come Into the Garden Maud
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Anna-Mary Conklin - Original
    A Song at Twilight
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Hilde Latymer - Original
    All Over (Mar 28, 1971 - May 01, 1971)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • The Wife - Original
    Home (Nov 17, 1970 - Feb 20, 1971)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Marjorie - Replacement
    Camino Real (Jan 08, 1970 - Feb 21, 1970)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Marguerite Gautier - Original
    A Delicate Balance (Sep 22, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Agnes - Original
    The Physicists (Oct 13, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Fraulein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd - Original
    Five Finger Exercise (Dec 02, 1959 - Oct 01, 1960)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Louise Harrington - Original
    Triple Play (Apr 15, 1959 - May 16, 1959)
    Bedtime Story
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Angela Nightingale - Original
    Portrait of a Madonna
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Miss Lucretia Collins - Original
    A Pound on Demand
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • The Public - Original
    The Man in the Dog Suit (Oct 30, 1958 - Nov 29, 1958)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Martha Walling - Original
    A Day By The Sea (Sep 26, 1955 - Oct 15, 1955)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Frances Farrer - Original
    The Honeys (Apr 28, 1955 - May 28, 1955)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Mary - Original
    The Fourposter (Jan 05, 1955 - Jan 16, 1955)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Agnes - Original
    Madam, Will You Walk (Dec 01, 1953 - Jan 10, 1954)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Mary Doyle - Original
    The Fourposter (Oct 24, 1951 - May 02, 1953)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Agnes - Original (Oct 24, 1951 - Jun 07, 1952)
    Hilda Crane (Nov 01, 1950 - Dec 31, 1950)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Hilda Crane - Original
    A Streetcar Named Desire (Dec 03, 1947 - Dec 17, 1949)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Blanche Du Bois - Original (Dec 03, 1947 - May 31, 1949)
    Yesterday's Magic (Apr 14, 1942 - May 30, 1942)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Cattrin - Original
    Anne of England (Oct 07, 1941 - Oct 11, 1941)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Abigail Hill - Original
    Jupiter Laughs (Sep 09, 1940 - Sep 28, 1940)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Dr. Mary Murray - Original
    Geneva (Jan 30, 1940 - Feb 10, 1940)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Deaconess - Original
    The White Steed (Jan 10, 1939 - Closing date unknown)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Nora Fintry - Original
    Time and the Conways (Jan 03, 1938 - Jan 29, 1938)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Kay - Original
    The Last Enemy (Oct 30, 1930 - Nov 1930)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Cynthia Perry - Original
    The Matriarch (Mar 18, 1930 - Mar 1930)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Jessica Tandy
      • Toni Rakonitz - Original
    The Gin Game (Oct 03, 1978 - Jun 09, 1979)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Fonsia Dorsey - Original
    Noël Coward in Two Keys (Feb 17, 1975 - Aug 02, 1975)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Jessica Tandy
      • Anna-Mary Conklin - Original
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

    Lifetime Achievement

    1994 | Recipient
    Jessica Tandy
     

    Best Actress in a Play

    1986 | Nominee  | The Petition
    Starring: Jessica Tandy

    Best Actress in a Play

    1983 | Winner  | Foxfire
    Starring: Jessica Tandy
     

    Best Featured Actress in a Play

    1981 | Nominee  | Rose
    Also Starring: Jessica Tandy

    Best Actress in a Play

    1978 | Winner  | The Gin Game
    Starring: Jessica Tandy

    Best Actress in a Play

    1948 | Winner  | A Streetcar Named Desire
    Starring: Jessica Tandy

    Drama Desk Award

    Special Award

    1986 | Recipient
    Jessica Tandy (for their continuing theatrical partnership)

    Outstanding Actress in a Play

    1983 | Winner  | Foxfire
    Starring: Jessica Tandy
     

    Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

    1981 | Nominee  | Rose
    Also Starring: Jessica Tandy

    Outstanding Actress in a Play

    1978 | Winner  | The Gin Game
    Starring: Jessica Tandy

    Outstanding Performance

    1973 | Winner
    Jessica Tandy (for "Happy Days" & "Not I")
The Petition (Apr 24, 1986 - Jun 29, 1986)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Lady Elizabeth Milne - Original
The Glass Menagerie (Dec 01, 1983 - Feb 19, 1984)
Play, Revival
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • The Mother - Original
Foxfire (Nov 11, 1982 - May 15, 1983)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Annie Nations - Original
Rose (Mar 26, 1981 - May 23, 1981)
Play, Original
  • Also Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Mother - Original
The Gin Game (Oct 06, 1977 - Dec 31, 1978)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Fonsia Dorsey - Original (Sep 27, 1977 - Sep 03, 1978)
Noël Coward in Two Keys (Feb 28, 1974 - Jun 29, 1974)
Come Into the Garden Maud
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Anna-Mary Conklin - Original
A Song at Twilight
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Hilde Latymer - Original
All Over (Mar 28, 1971 - May 01, 1971)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • The Wife - Original
Home (Nov 17, 1970 - Feb 20, 1971)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Marjorie - Replacement
Camino Real (Jan 08, 1970 - Feb 21, 1970)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Marguerite Gautier - Original
A Delicate Balance (Sep 22, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Agnes - Original
The Physicists (Oct 13, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Fraulein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd - Original
Five Finger Exercise (Dec 02, 1959 - Oct 01, 1960)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Louise Harrington - Original
Triple Play (Apr 15, 1959 - May 16, 1959)
Bedtime Story
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Angela Nightingale - Original
Portrait of a Madonna
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Miss Lucretia Collins - Original
A Pound on Demand
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • The Public - Original
The Man in the Dog Suit (Oct 30, 1958 - Nov 29, 1958)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Martha Walling - Original
A Day By The Sea (Sep 26, 1955 - Oct 15, 1955)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Frances Farrer - Original
The Honeys (Apr 28, 1955 - May 28, 1955)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Mary - Original
The Fourposter (Jan 05, 1955 - Jan 16, 1955)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Agnes - Original
Madam, Will You Walk (Dec 01, 1953 - Jan 10, 1954)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Mary Doyle - Original
The Fourposter (Oct 24, 1951 - May 02, 1953)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Agnes - Original (Oct 24, 1951 - Jun 07, 1952)
Hilda Crane (Nov 01, 1950 - Dec 31, 1950)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Hilda Crane - Original
A Streetcar Named Desire (Dec 03, 1947 - Dec 17, 1949)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Blanche Du Bois - Original (Dec 03, 1947 - May 31, 1949)
Yesterday's Magic (Apr 14, 1942 - May 30, 1942)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Cattrin - Original
Anne of England (Oct 07, 1941 - Oct 11, 1941)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Abigail Hill - Original
Jupiter Laughs (Sep 09, 1940 - Sep 28, 1940)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Dr. Mary Murray - Original
Geneva (Jan 30, 1940 - Feb 10, 1940)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Deaconess - Original
The White Steed (Jan 10, 1939 - Closing date unknown)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Nora Fintry - Original
Time and the Conways (Jan 03, 1938 - Jan 29, 1938)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Kay - Original
The Last Enemy (Oct 30, 1930 - Nov 1930)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Cynthia Perry - Original
The Matriarch (Mar 18, 1930 - Mar 1930)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Jessica Tandy
    • Toni Rakonitz - Original
The Gin Game (Oct 03, 1978 - Jun 09, 1979)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Fonsia Dorsey - Original
Noël Coward in Two Keys (Feb 17, 1975 - Aug 02, 1975)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Jessica Tandy
    • Anna-Mary Conklin - Original

Tony Award®

Lifetime Achievement

1994 | Recipient
Jessica Tandy
 

Best Actress in a Play

1986 | Nominee  | The Petition
Starring: Jessica Tandy

Best Actress in a Play

1983 | Winner  | Foxfire
Starring: Jessica Tandy
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1981 | Nominee  | Rose
Also Starring: Jessica Tandy

Best Actress in a Play

1978 | Winner  | The Gin Game
Starring: Jessica Tandy

Best Actress in a Play

1948 | Winner  | A Streetcar Named Desire
Starring: Jessica Tandy

Drama Desk Award

Special Award

1986 | Recipient
Jessica Tandy (for their continuing theatrical partnership)

Outstanding Actress in a Play

1983 | Winner  | Foxfire
Starring: Jessica Tandy
 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

1981 | Nominee  | Rose
Also Starring: Jessica Tandy

Outstanding Actress in a Play

1978 | Winner  | The Gin Game
Starring: Jessica Tandy

Outstanding Performance

1973 | Winner
Jessica Tandy (for "Happy Days" & "Not I")

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