FrameThrower · Actors · Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
3 films · 72 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1985–1989
Born 7 June 1909 · London, England · died 11 September 1994
Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy was an English-American 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 72 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1985–1989
- Academy Award for Best Actress1990
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role1991
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1988
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1983
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1978
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1948
- National Medal of Arts
- Crystal Award1991
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
- Kennedy Center Honors
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 72 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jessica takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 58% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Jessica takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 72 frames from Jessica Tandy's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.