Driving Miss Daisy Driving Miss Daisy The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns over a twenty five-year period. "Driving Miss Daisy" was a critical and commercial success upon its release and at the 62nd Academy Awards received nine nominations, and won four; Best Picture, Best Actress (for Tandy), Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 1948, Mrs. Daisy Werthan, or Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), a seventy-two-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for an
Driving Miss Daisy (2014 film) the United States and Canada, presented by Screenvision in association with Broadway Near You. On August 2, 2014, "Driving Miss Daisy" was screened at Village Cinemas in Melbourne, Australia and featured the previously taped Q&A session with Angela Lansbury, followed by an Australian-wide limited release. On May 14, 2015, "Driving Miss Daisy" was presented as a one-night only event in U.S. cinemas nationwide by Fathom Events and Broadway Near You. "Driving Miss Daisy" was broadcast nationwide on PBS stations as a presentation of the "Great Performances" series on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9 pm. The Australian stage production was