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Acting

Jessica Tandy

Career: Active from 1932 to 1994, with a break from 1964 to 1973, busiest in 1982 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: The Seventh Cross
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jessica Tandy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.9, average 4.8
Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Psychological Thriller 3
Character Study 3
Television History 2
Suspenseful 2
Bittersweet 2
New York Setting 2
Quirky 2
Historical Drama 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Period Drama 2
Heartwarming 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

as Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

7 titles · average score 68

Camilla

47

as Camilla Cara

Nobody's Fool

81

as Beryl Peoples

To Dance with the White Dog

74

as Cora Peek

Used People

49

as Freida

Fried Green Tomatoes

75

as Ninny Threadgoode

The Story Lady

73

as Grace McQueen

Dream On

76

TV show · as (archive footage)

1980s

13 titles · average score 62

Driving Miss Daisy

78

as Daisy Werthan

The House on Carroll Street

64

as Miss Venable

Cocoon: The Return

44

as Alma Finley

*batteries not included

60

as Faye Riley

Foxfire

69

as Annie Nations

Cocoon

70

as Alma Finley

The Bostonians

61

as Miss Birdseye

Still of the Night

55

as Grace Rice

Best Friends

58

as Eleanor McCullen

The World According to Garp

69

as Mrs. Fields

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Fonsia Dorsey

The Gin Game

as Fonsia Dorsey

1970s

1 title · average score 66

Butley

66

as Edna Shaft

1960s

4 titles · average score 64

Judd, for the Defense

76

TV show · as Helen Wister

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Ardyth Nolan

The Birds

85

as Lydia Brenner

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

30

as Mrs. Helen Adams

1950s

16 titles · average score 72

The Moon and Sixpence

as Blanche Stroeve

The Light in the Forest

65

as Myra Butler

Suspicion

71

TV show

Telephone Time

67

TV show

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Edwina Freel / Laura Bowlby

Producers' Showcase

69

TV show · as Agnes

Omnibus

75

TV show · as Louisa Catherine Johnson / Jackie

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

74

as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel

Goodyear Television Playhouse

TV show · as Leticia Blacklock

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Mrs. Martin / Annie Nations

Prudential Family Playhouse

TV show

September Affair

58

as Catherine Lawrence

1940s

10 titles · average score 64

Lights Out

65

TV show

A Woman's Vengeance

70

as Janet Spence

Studio One

65

TV show · as Mrs. Moore / Connaught O'Brien

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Liz Marriott

Forever Amber

40

as Nan Britton

The Green Years

63

as Kate Leckie

Dragonwyck

67

as Peggy O'Malley

The Valley of Decision

76

as Louise Kane

The Seventh Cross

86

as Liesel Roeder

Blonde Fever

44

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

1930s

2 titles

Murder in the Family

as Ann Osborne

Indiscretions of Eve

as Penelope, the Maid