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Also Known As	Jessie Alice Tandy
Born	June 7, 1909 • London • England
Died	September 11, 1994 (aged 85) • Connecticut
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1990) • Kennedy Center Honors (1986) • Academy Award (1990): Actress in a Leading Role • Emmy Award (1988): Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special • Golden Globe Award (1990): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy • Tony Award (1994): Lifetime Achievement • Tony Award (1983): Best Actress in a Play • Tony Award (1978): Best Actress in a Play • Tony Award (1948): Best Actress in a Play
Notable Family Members	spouse Hume Cronyn
Married To	Jack Hawkins (1932–1940) • Hume Cronyn (married 1942)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Masterpiece Playhouse" (1950) • "The Alcoa Hour" (1956) • "Cocoon: The Return" (1988) • "Producers' Showcase" (1955) • "The Green Years" (1946) • "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991) • "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1955) • "Star Stage" (1956) • "Camilla" (1994) • "Nobody's Fool" (1994) • "*batteries not included" (1987) • "Murder in the Family" (1938) • "Suspicion" (1957) • "Studio 57" (1957) • "Studio One" (1951–1957) • "Lights Out" (1951) • "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1956–1958) • "Best Friends" (1982) • "Dragonwyck" (1946) • "The Birds" (1963) • "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1959) • "Honky Tonk Freeway" (1981) • "Forever Amber" (1947) • "Somerset Maugham TV Theatre" (1951) • "Judd for the Defense" (1968) • "Cocoon" (1985) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957–1958) • "The Marriage" (1954) • "The Light in the Forest" (1958) • "The World According to Garp" (1982) • "The Prudential Family Playhouse" (1951) • "Still of the Night" (1982) • "A Woman's Vengeance" (1948) • "Used People" (1992) • "Omnibus" (1953–1956) • "The Seventh Cross" (1944) • "General Electric Theater" (1956) • "Betty Crocker Star Matinee" (1951) • "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" (1972) • "Actor's Studio" (1948) • "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) • "The House on Carroll Street" (1987) • "The United States Steel Hour" (1956) • "September Affair" (1950) • "The Valley of Decision" (1945) • "The Bostonians" (1984) • "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" (1962) • "The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel" (1951) • "The Indiscretions of Eve" (1932) • "Butley" (1974) • "The F.B.I." (1972) • "Telephone Time" (1958) • "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1955–1956) • "Norman Corwin Presents" (1972)