Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was an
English stage and film actress.
She first appeared on the London stage in 1926 at the age of 16, playing, among others, Katherine opposite
Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite
John Gielgud's
King Lear. She also worked in British films. Following the end of her marriage to
Jack Hawkins, she moved to
New York, where she met Canadian actor
Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen.
