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) disappoint". On August 4, 2015, "Driving Miss Daisy" was released on DVD in Region 1 by PBS Distribution, available for purchase exclusively through the official PBS website at ShopPBS.org. It was later made available for purchase via Amazon.com as of September 29, 2015. Driving Miss Daisy (2014 film) Driving Miss Daisy is a filmed performance of the 2013 Australian theatrical production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Alfred Uhry starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines which was produced as a 2014 film by Broadway Near You (United States) in association with Umbrella Entertainment