Driving Miss Daisy the 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy" also won three Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor Morgan Freeman, and Best Actress Jessica Tandy) in the Comedy/Musical categories. At the 1989 Writers Guild of America Awards, the film won in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. Rounding out its United States awards, the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. In the United Kingdom, "Driving Miss Daisy" was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, with Tandy winning in the Best Actress category. Tandy and Freeman won the Silver Bear for
Daisy Earles award for her "blink-and-you-miss-it" photo shot. Daisy retired from film acting in 1952, after her bit part in The Greatest Show on Earth. She and her siblings continued working for the Ringling Brothers Circus and Barnum and Bailey Circus where they appeared as "parade performers" in "side shows for 30 seasons". They all retired in 1958. Following retirement, Daisy lived in Sarasota, Florida with her three siblings. Subsequent to Daisy's death in December 1981 at the age of 82, three documentaries dedicated to her and her siblings were released. These are: "Freaks Uncensored!" (1999), "Ce nain que je ne saurais