Jessica Tandy age, she continued working. She died at home on 11 September 1994, in Easton, Connecticut, at age 85. The cause of death remains private. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Re-issued on DVD as "The Christmas Story Lady" Jessica Tandy Jessica Tandy (born Jessie Alice Tandy; 7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was an English stage and film actress best known for her Academy Award winning performance in the film "Driving Miss Daisy". Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV. Born in London to Jessie Helen Horspool and commercial traveller Harry Tandy, she was only
Driving Miss Daisy (play) nursing home for increasing memory loss; but is lucid enough to tell Hoke, who has come to visit her, that he is her best friend. The play was inspired by Alfred Uhry's grandmother, Lena Fox, her chauffeur, Will Coleman, and his father. His grandmother, a Jewish woman who lived in Atlanta during the 1960s, had to give up driving after a car accident, and hired Coleman, who drove her for 25 years. Uhry wrote his "Atlanta Trilogy" based on his own experiences living in Atlanta as a Jew. He set his three plays at "historic moments in the city’s twentieth