Known for:	The Birds, Driving Miss Daisy, Fried Green Tomatoes
Birthday:	7 June 1909, London, England, UK

Mother of Tandy Cronyn Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world [1990] Her cancer was diagnosed in 1990. She won a Tony Award in 1978 for "The Gin Game". She won a Tony Award in 1948 for "A Sreet Car Named Desire". Starred (with husband Hume Cronyn) as Liz Marriott on NBC Radio's "The Marriage" (1953-1954). In 1989, she became the twelfth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. Oscar: Best Actress, 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989), Tonys: Best Actress-Play, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1948) & Best Actress-Play, 'The Gin Game' (1978) & Best Actress-Play, 'Foxfire' (1983), and Emmy: Best Actress-Miniseries/Special, 'Foxfire' (1987). Has won four Tony Awards: in 1948, as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "A Streetcar Named Desire," an award shared with Judith Anderson for "Medea" and Katharine Cornell for "Antony and Cleopatra;" as Best Actress (Play), in 1978, for "The Gin Game," and in 1983, for "Foxfire;" and in 1994, a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement shared with her husband, Hume Cronyn. She also received Tony Award nominations in 1971, as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Rose," and in 1986, as Best Actress (Play) for "The Petition." Producer Lee Schubert convinced Jessie to change her name to Jessica during her early stage years. In 1974 she earned a law degree. She and her husband, Hume Cronyn, were both awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1990 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.

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