TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Jessica Tandy.

Jessica Tandy
Birthdate: June 7, 1909
Death date: September 11, 1994

Jessica Tandy

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
No Reviews
2
1940s
2.2037
6
total ranking of 2.2037
1950s
1.7140
3
total ranking of 1.7140
1960s
2.3378
2
total ranking of 2.3378
1970s
1.5518
1
total ranking of 1.5518
1980s
2.2968
10
total ranking of 2.2968
1990s
2.2824
4
total ranking of 2.2824
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Jessica Tandy is ranked overall as 2.4732 of of 4 stars2.4732

Jessica Tandy Movie Rankings

1
Jessica Tandy starring in Driving Miss Daisy
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 3.1055 out of 4 stars for Driving Miss Daisy3.1055
An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. ...more about Driving Miss Daisy
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
  • David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
2
Jessica Tandy starring in Birds
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 3.0798 out of 4 stars for Birds3.0798
Flocks of sea gulls begin to take over a small costal town attacking anyone that gets in their way. ...more about Birds
3
Jessica Tandy starring in Nobody's Fool
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 3.0023 out of 4 stars for Nobody's Fool3.0023
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. ...more about Nobody's Fool
4
Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, The (1951)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.8314 out of 4 stars for Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel2.8314
This biopic follows Rommel's career after the Afrika Korps, including his work on the defenses of Fortress Europe as well as his part in the assassination attempt on Hitler, and his subsequent suicide. ...more about Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
5
Cocoon (1985)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.8066 out of 4 stars for Cocoon2.8066
A group of aliens return to earth to take back some cocoons of their people they left behind from an earlier trip. The cocoons are resting at the bottom of the ocean. ...more about Cocoon
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
6
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.7539 out of 4 stars for Fried Green Tomatoes2.7539
Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. ...more about Fried Green Tomatoes
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
7
Woman's Vengeance, A (1948)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.4839 out of 4 stars for Woman's Vengeance2.4839
Country squire Henry Maurier is patient with his wife Emily, a neurotic invalid, but her brother surprises Henry with his young mistress Doris. ...more about Woman's Vengeance
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Seventh Cross, The (1944)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.3835 out of 4 stars for Seventh Cross2.3835
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. ...more about Seventh Cross
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Butley (1974)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.3562 out of 4 stars for Butley2.3562
10
Valley of Decision, The (1945)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.3515 out of 4 stars for Valley of Decision2.3515
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. ...more about Valley of Decision
  • Not Available on DVD
11
World According to Garp, The (1982)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.3286 out of 4 stars for World According to Garp2.3286
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. ...more about World According to Garp
12
Light in the Forest, The (1958)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.0579 out of 4 stars for Light in the Forest2.0579
A young white boy, raised by Native Americans, is forced to return to white society following the signing of a peace treaty. ...more about Light in the Forest
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 2.0486 out of 4 stars for Cocoon: The Return2.0486
The old age pensioners that left at the end of the first film come back to earth to visit their relatives. ...more about Cocoon: The Return
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
14
*batteries not included (1987)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.9868 out of 4 stars for *batteries not included1.9868
A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. ...more about *batteries not included
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
15
Bostonians, The (1984)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.9085 out of 4 stars for Bostonians1.9085
19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement, meets a faith healer's daughter, a Mississippi lawyer also has eyes for the young woman. ...more about Bostonians
16
House on Carroll Street, The (1988)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.7587 out of 4 stars for House on Carroll Street1.7587
Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. ...more about House on Carroll Street
17
Camilla (1994)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.7273 out of 4 stars for Camilla1.7273
18
Best Friends (1982)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.6528 out of 4 stars for Best Friends1.6528
When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. ...more about Best Friends
19
Used People (1992)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.6372 out of 4 stars for Used People1.6372
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. ...more about Used People
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Forever Amber (1947)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.6072 out of 4 stars for Forever Amber1.6072
Amber St Clair means to get on in life and despite a poor background knows she has the assets to do it. ...more about Forever Amber
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Dragonwyck (1946)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.4703 out of 4 stars for Dragonwyck1.4703
In 1844, farmer's daughter Miranda Wells is invited by Nicholas Van Ryn, distant relation, to live in his mansion as companion to his daughter. Arriving in high hopes, Miranda finds the Van Ryns a bit strange. ...more about Dragonwyck
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.4473 out of 4 stars for Honky Tonk Freeway1.4473
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. ...more about Honky Tonk Freeway
23
Still of the Night (1982)
Jessica Tandy scores a combined 1.3149 out of 4 stars for Still of the Night1.3149
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Green Years, The (1946)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Indiscretions of Eve, The (1932)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Murder in the Family (1938)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
28
September Affair (1950)
No Reviews Available
An industrialist (Joseph Cotton) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. ...more about September Affair
  • Not Available on DVD