Jessica Tandy: movies and TV shows
Jessica Tandy has 81 credits in the archive: 43 films and 38 TV series, from 1932 to 2006. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1932 – 2006 · busiest year: 1956 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | A Streetcar on Broadway | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 97 |
| 2003 | Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen | Daisy Werthan (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 94 |
| 2003 | Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 94 |
| 1998 | Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes | Self | Film | 9.0 | 89 |
| 1996 | An African love story | Self | Film | 10.0 | 87 |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Beryl Peoples | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 1994 | Camilla | Camilla Cara | Film | 5.6 | 85 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self | TV | 4.5 | 84 |
| 1993 | To Dance with the White Dog | Cora Peek | Film | 7.2 | 84 |
| 1992 | Used People | Freida | Film | 5.8 | 83 |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Ninny Threadgoode | Film | 7.7 | 82 |
| 1991 | The Story Lady | Grace McQueen | Film | 6.2 | 82 |
| 1990 | Dream On | (archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 81 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 81 |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Daisy Werthan | Film | 7.2 | 80 |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Alma Finley | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Miss Venable | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 1987 | *batteries not included | Faye Riley | Film | 6.7 | 78 |
| 1987 | Foxfire | Annie Nations | Film | 7.2 | 78 |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Alma Finley | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Miss Birdseye | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Fonsia Dorsey | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Grace Rice | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Mrs. Fields | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1982 | Best Friends | Eleanor McCullen | Film | 5.2 | 73 |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Carol | Film | 5.3 | 72 |
| 1981 | The Gin Game | Fonsia Dorsey | Film | 8.5 | 72 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 69 |
| 1974 | Butley | Edna Shaft | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1973 | Tennessee Williams' South | Film | 10.0 | 64 | |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 58 | |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | Helen Wister | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ardyth Nolan | TV | 5.6 | 56 |
| 1963 | The Birds | Lydia Brenner | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | Mrs. Helen Adams | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Moon and Sixpence | Blanche Stroeve | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1958 | The Light in the Forest | Myra Butler | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1958 | The Christmas Tree | Mrs. Martin | Film | 2.0 | 49 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | TV | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Award Accepter | TV | — | 47 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 47 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 47 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 47 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | TV | — | 47 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 47 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Edwina Freel | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Julia Lester | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Laura Bowlby | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1955 | The Fourposter | Film | 10.0 | 46 | |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase | Agnes | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1954 | The Marriage | Liz Marriott | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Laura Whitemore | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Self - Reader | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Louisa Catherine Johnson | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Jackie | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Leticia Blacklock | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Martin | TV | 8.8 | 42 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Annie Nations | TV | 8.8 | 42 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Cora Torrence | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Bertha Jacks | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Frau Lucie Marie Rommel | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1950 | Prudential Family Playhouse | TV | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1950 | September Affair | Catherine Lawrence | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1949 | Lights Out | TV | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Connaught O'Brien | TV | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Moore | TV | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Liz Marriott | TV | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1948 | A Woman's Vengeance | Janet Spence | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1947 | Forever Amber | Nan Britton | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Peggy O'Malley | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Kate Leckie | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Louise Kane | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Liesel Roeder | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | Film | 3.9 | 35 |
| 1938 | Murder in the Family | Ann Osborne | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1932 | Indiscretions of Eve | Penelope, the Maid | Film | 10.0 | 23 |