Driving Miss Daisy (play) for a 1989 film of the same name starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. All three actors were nominated for Academy Awards, with Tandy winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film received nine nominations total, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Uhry also won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Driving Miss Daisy (play) Driving Miss Daisy is a play by American playwright Alfred Uhry, about the relationship of an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's
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