Driving Miss Daisy African American housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor's yard, her forty-year-old son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd) buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman), an African American chauffeur. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let anyone else drive her, but gradually gives in. As Miss Daisy and Hoke spend time together, she gains appreciation for his many skills. After Idella dies in 1962, rather than hire a new maid, Miss Daisy decides to care for her own house and have Hoke do the cooking and the driving.
Driving Miss Daisy (2014 film) Bernstein and Adam Zotovich. The creative team included John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design), Wendall K. Harrington (Projection Design), Christopher Cronin (Sound Design) and Mark Bennett (Composer). On May 25, 2014, a special one-off screening of "Driving Miss Daisy: The Play" was broadcast live via satellite from BFI Southbank in London to over 300 cinemas across the United Kingdom followed by an onstage Q&A session with Angela Lansbury, presented by Omniverse Vision in association with BFI. On June 4, 2014, "Driving Miss Daisy" was released in a limited theatrical engagement in more than 500 movie theaters across