Jessica Tandy / filmography
Jessica Tandy with husband Hume Cronyn , 1988
Jessica Tandy's filmography names the films in which the British film actress Jessica Tandy has starred. Tandy starred in numerous films from the 1930s until shortly before her death at the age of 85 in 1994.
She made her film debut in the 1932 film The Indiscretions of Eve by Cecil Lewis , where she played a housemaid. In 1944 she starred in the film The Seventh Cross based on the novel by Anna Seghers . In the 1950s, she was a well-known serial actress in the United States who appeared on numerous programs. Important roles in movies included Lydia Brenner in Alfred Hitchcock's Die Vögel and Miss Daisy in Bruce Beresford's Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur , for which she won an Oscar in 1990 as the oldest actress to date in the best leading actress category that of the Ninny Threadgoode in Green Tomatoes 1991. She played in numerous films with her husband Hume Cronyn , including Cocoon and The Miracle on 8th Street .
Explanation
- Year: Calls the year in which the film first appeared.
- German title: gives the German title of the film. Some films never appeared in Germany.
- Original title: gives the original title of the film.
- Director: Name the director of the film.
- Genre: Mention the genre of the film (e.g. adventure film , science fiction , horror film , comedy or drama ).
- Min .: States the original length of the film in the theatrical version in minutes. Some films were later cut, sometimes only for German film distributors. Movies have 24 frames per second. On television or on DVD, films are shown in the phase alternating line system (PAL) with 25 full frames per second, see PAL acceleration . As a result, the running time of the films in the cinema is four percent longer than on television, which means a running time of 96 minutes on television with a cinema running time of 100 minutes.
- Credit : States whether Jessica Tandy is featured in the film in the opening and / or closing credits (yes), or not (no).
- Role: Outlines the role of Jessica Tandy. Further information on the film can be found under Note .
Movies
The list of films includes all of the feature films in which Jessica Tandy has played a role, as well as a selection of television series with her participation.
| contents | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s |
| year | German title | Original title | Director | genre | Min. | Credit | role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | |||||||
| 1932 | - | The Indiscretions of Eve | Cecil Lewis | comedy | 63 | Yes | Housemaid |
| 1938 | - | Murder in the Family | Albert Parker | Thriller | 75 | Yes | Ann Osborne |
| 1938 | - | Glorious Morning | Claude Guerney | TV movie | 80 | Yes | |
| 1939 | - | Fiat Justitia | n / A | TV movie | 50 | Yes | |
| 1939 | - | Fox in the Morning | Lionel Browny | TV movie | 80 | Yes | |
| 1940s | |||||||
| 1944 | The seventh cross | The Seventh Cross | Fred Zinnemann | drama | 110 | Yes | Liesl Roeder |
| 1944 | - | Blonde fever | Richard Whorf | drama | 69 | No | |
| 1945 | The decision | The Valley of Decision | Tay Garnett | drama | 119 | Yes | |
| 1946 | The legacy | The Green Years | Victor Saville | drama | 120 | Yes | |
| 1946 | White oleander | Dragonwyck | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Drama, thriller, mystery | 103 | Yes | |
| 1947 | Amber, the great courtesan | Forever Amber | Otto Preminger | Drama, historical film | 122 | Yes | |
| 1948 | Torments of love | A Woman's Vengeance | Zoltan Korda | Drama, mystery | 96 | Yes | |
| 1948 | - | Actor's Studio: Portrait of a Madonna | Ralph Warren | TV series: Season 1, Episode 1 | 30th | Yes | Based on a short story by Tennessee Williams ; Miss Lucretia Collins |
| 1950s | |||||||
| 1950 | - | Masterpiece Playhouse: Hedda Gabler | William Corrigan | TV series: Season 1, Episode 1 | 60 | Yes | Hedda Gabler |
| 1950 | Love rush on Capri | September Affair | William Dieterle | drama | 105 | Yes | |
| 1951 | - | Lights Out: Bird of Time | AJ Russell | TV series: season 3, episode 20 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1951 | - | Somerset Maugham TV Theater: The Man from Glasgow | n / A | Drama; TV series: Season 1, Episode 13 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1951 | - | The Prudential Family Playhouse: Icebound | n / A | Drama; TV series: Season 1, Episode 9 | 60 | Yes | Jane Crosby |
| 1951 | Rommel, the desert fox | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Henry Hathaway | Drama, war film | 88 | Yes | Lucie Marie Rommel, the wife of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel . |
| 1956 | - | Studio One: Hangman's House | Paul Nickell | Drama; TV series: season 3, episode 30 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1953 | - | Omnibus: Glory in the Flower | n / A | Drama, Music: Season 3, Episode 1 | 55 | Yes | |
| 1954 | - | The marriage | n / A | Comedy; TV series, 8 episodes | 30th | Yes | Liz Marriott, wife and mother |
| 1955 | - | Producers' Showcase: The Fourposter | Clark Jones | TV series: Season 1, Episode 11 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1955 | - | Omnibus: Advice to Bathers | n / A | Drama, music; TV series: Season 4, Episode 4 | 55 | Yes | |
| 1955 | - | The Philco Television Playhouse: Christmas' til Closing | n / A | Drama; TV series: Season 8, Episode 8 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1956 | - | The United States Steel Hour: The Great Adventure | n / A | Comedy, drama; TV series: season 3, episode 15 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1956 | - | Star Stage: The School Mistress | n / A | Drama; TV series: Season 1, Episode 24 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1956 | - | The Alcoa Hour: The Confidence Man | n / A | Drama; TV series: Season 1, Episode 16 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1956 | - | General Electric Theater: The Pot of Gold | n / A | Drama; TV series: Season 5, Episode 3 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1956 | - | Goodyear Television Playhouse: A Murder Is Announced | Paul Stanley | Crime thriller; TV series: Season 6, Episode 5 | 60 | Yes | Leticia Blacklock, owner of Little Paddocks; Film adaptation of the story A Murder Heralded by Agatha Christie |
| 1956 | - | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: Clothes Make the Man | n / A | Comedy; TV series: Season 6, Episode 28 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Toby | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Toby | Robert Stevens | Crime thriller; TV series: Season 2, Episode 6 | 25th | Yes | |
| 1957 | - | Studio One: The Five Dollar Bill | Robert Mulligan | Drama; TV series: season 9, episode 15 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1957 | - | Studio 57: Little Miss Bedford | n / A | Drama; TV series: season 3, episode 33 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1957 | - | Suspicion: Murder Me Gently | Don Medford | Drama; TV series: Season 1, Episode 2 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock presents: The glass eye | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Glass Eye | Robert Stevens | Crime thriller; TV series: Season 3, Episode 1 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1958 | - | Telephone Time: War Against War | Don Taylor | Drama; TV series: season 3, episode 26 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1958 | - | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: Long Distance | n / A | Comedy; TV series: season 7, episode 36 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1958 | - | Telephone Time: Long Distance | John Brahm | Drama; TV series: season 7, episode 36 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Canary Sedan | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Canary Sedan | Robert Stevens | Crime thriller; TV series: season 3, episode 37 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1958 | An Indian's heart | The Light in the Forest | Herschel Daugherty | Adventure, drama | 83 | Yes | |
| 1958 | - | The Christmas Tree | Kirk Browning | Drama, television movie | n / A | Yes | |
| 1959 | - | The DuPont Show of the Month: The Fallen Idol | Silvio Narizzano | Comedy; TV series: Season 3, Episode 2 | 90 | Yes | |
| 1959 | - | The moon and sixpence | Robert Mulligan | Drama; TV movie | n / A | Yes | |
| 1960s | |||||||
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Martin Ritt | Adventure, drama | 145 | Yes | |
| 1963 | The birds | The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock | horror | 115 | Yes | Lydia Brenner, mother of Mitch and Cathy Brenner; Lydia is afraid of losing her son to Melanie Daniels. |
| 1968 | - | Judd for the Defense: Punishments, Cruel and Unusual | Lamont Johnson | Crime thriller; TV series: Season 2, Episode 10 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1970s | |||||||
| 1972 | - | Norman Corwin Presents: A Foreign Field | Lela Swift | TV series: Season 1, Episode 7 | 30th | Yes | |
| 1972 | - | O'Hara, US Treasury: Operation: Dorias | Lawrence Dobkin | Drama; TV series: Season 1, Episode 18 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1972 | - | FBI: The Set-Up | Seymour Robbie | Crime thriller; TV series: Season 7, Episode 21 | 60 | Yes | |
| 1974 | - | Butley | Harold Pinter | drama | 129 | Yes | |
| 1980s | |||||||
| 1981 | - | The Gin Game | Terry Hughes | Drama; TV movie | 111 | Yes | |
| 1981 | The whole freeway is upside down | Honky Tonk Freeway | John Schlesinger | Action, comedy | 92 | Yes | |
| 1982 | Garp and how he saw the world | The World According to Garp | George Roy Hill | Drama, comedy | 136 | Yes | Mrs. Fields, TS Garp's grandmother. |
| 1982 | Two close friends | Best friends | Norman Jewison | comedy | 136 | Yes | |
| 1982 | In the still of the night | Still of the night | Robert Benton | thriller | 93 | Yes | |
| 1982 | The ladies from Boston | The Bostonians | James Ivory | Drama, historical film | 122 | Yes | |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Cocoon | Ron Howard | Science fiction, drama | 122 | Yes | Alma Finley, retirement home resident and wife of Joseph Finley; Together with other residents of the home, they discover the alien swimming pool, which rejuvenates them thanks to the cocoons in it and the alien life force. |
| 1985 | The house on Carroll Street | The House on Carroll Street | Peter Yates | thriller | 97 | Yes | |
| 1987 | The miracle on 8th street | * batteries not included | Matthew Robbins | Science fiction, drama | 102 | Yes | Faye Riley; She lives with her husband Frank Riley in a house in New York that is threatened with demolition and, together with the other residents, defends herself against the sale until they get help from small flying saucers. |
| 1988 | Cocoon II - The return | Cocoon: The Return | Daniel Petrie | Science fiction, drama | 112 | Yes | Alma Finley, wife of Joseph Finley; Together with the other seniors, she returns to earth and gets a job as a childcare worker. She is hit by a car and injured while rescuing a child, and is healed by her husband, who dies in the process. He advises her to stay on earth and take the job. |
| 1989 | Miss Daisy and her chauffeur | Driving Miss Daisy | Bruce Beresford | tragicomedy | 99 | Yes | Miss Daisy Werthan, a Jewish lady; The black Hoke Colburn is hired as her chauffeur by her son against the will of Miss Daisy after an accident and after an initial dislike, the two develop a friendship. |
| 1990s | |||||||
| 1993 | - | The Story Lady | Larry Elikann | Drama, television movie | 94 | Yes | Grace McQueen, grandmother and reader; Grace McQueen reads stories to her grandchildren and is discovered reading aloud by a television station. |
| 1991 | Green tomatoes | Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) | Jon Avnet | tragicomedy | 130 | Yes | Ninny Threadgoode, a senior citizen; She befriends Evelyn Couch and tells her the life story of Idgie Threadgoode in the 1920s and 1930s in a small town in Alabama. |
| 1992 | The Autumn Timeless (1992) | Used people | Beeban Kidron | tragicomedy | 90 | Yes | Freida Berman, mother of Pearl Berman and grandmother in the extended family |
| 1993 | Dance with the white dog | To dance with the white dog | Glenn Jordan | Drama, television movie | 100 | Yes | Cora Peek, late wife of Sam Peek |
| 1994 | Camilla | Camilla | Robert Benton | tragicomedy | 105 | Yes | Camilla Cara |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool - irresistible in the long run | Nobody's Fool | Deepa Mehta | drama | 95 | Yes | Miss Beryl, former teacher and landlady of Donald Sullivan's apartment. |
Web links
- Jessica Tandy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jessica Tandy on All Movie Guide