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 the Best Joint Performance at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. The film's score was composed by Hans Zimmer, who won a BMI Film Music Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for his work. The score was performed entirely by Zimmer, done electronically using samplers and synthesizers, and did not feature a single live instrument. There is a scene, however, in which the "Song to the Moon" from the opera "Rusalka" by Antonín Dvořák is heard on a radio as sung by Gabriela Beňačková. Similarities have