Jessica Tandy "*batteries not included" (1987) and "" (1988) and the Emmy Award winning television film "Foxfire" (1987, recreating her Tony winning Broadway role). However, it was her colourful performance in "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), as an aging, stubborn Southern-Jewish matron, that earned her an Oscar. She received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in the grassroots hit "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), and co-starred in "The Story Lady" (1991 telefilm, with daughter Tandy Cronyn), "Used People" (1992, as Shirley MacLaine's mother), television film "To Dance with the White Dog" (1993, with Cronyn), "Nobody's Fool" (1994), and "Camilla" (also 1994, with
5th Academy Awards Best Picture without a Best Director nomination until "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), and the third of seven to win without a screenwriting nomination. This was the first of three Oscars in which "two" films not nominated for Best Picture received more nominations than the winner ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Guardsman"). This happened again at the 25th and 79th Academy Awards. This year also introduced short films to the Oscars, with "Flowers and Trees" being the first color winner and first animated short winner. This was the first and, to date, only ceremony in which there was a