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Biographical Note
Hume Cronyn
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1911, July 18 | Born, London, Ontario, Canada |
| 1930-1931 | Studied at McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 1931 | Professional stage debut in Up Pops the Devil with Cochran's Stock Co., National Theater, Washington, D.C. |
| 1932-1934 | Attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, N.Y. |
| 1934 | Married Emily Woodruff (divorced 1936) Broadway debut as a janitor in Hipper's Holiday, New York, N.Y. |
| 1939 | First television appearance, Her Master's Voice, NBC |
| 1942 | Produced Junior Miss for “U.S.O. Camp Shows” [United Service Organizations] Coproduced and appeared in revue It's All Yours for “U.S.O. Camp Shows” [United Service Organizations] Married Jessica Tandy |
| 1943 | Film debut in Shadow of a Doubtas Herbie Hawkins |
| 1946 | Directed Portrait of a Madonna, Actors' Laboratory Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif., featuring Jessica Tandy Director, Screen Actors Guild |
| 1950 | Directed Hilda Crane in which Jessica Tandy played title role, New York, N.Y. |
| 1951-1953 | Played Michael in Jan de Hartog's The Fourposter, in New York, N.Y. and on national tour |
| 1953 | Codirected with Norman Lloyd and appeared as Dr. Brightlee in Madam, Will You Walk, first production of the Phoenix Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
| 1953-1954 | Produced and appeared as Ben Marriott in the series The Marriage with Jessica Tandy on NBC radio and television |
| 1954 | Toured with Jessica Tandy in “Face to Face,” a program of readings |
| 1957 | Directed The Egghead, New York, N.Y. |
| 1961-1962 | Played Jimmie Luton in Big Fish, Little Fish in New York, N.Y. and in London, England |
| 1963 | Performed in The Miser, The Three Sisters, and Death of a Salesman in first season of Tyrone Guthrie's Minnesota Theatre Co., Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1964 | Played Polonious in Hamlet with Richard Burton, New York, N.Y. |
| 1965 | Received 1964 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for performance in Hamlet |
| 1969 | Played Frederick William Rolfe in Hadrian VIIwith Stratford National Theatre Co, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and on national tour |
| 1971 | Member of organizing committee of Solar Theatre, Inc. |
| 1974-1976 | Toured in “Many Faces of Love,” a program of readings |
| 1977-1979 | Coproduced with Mike Nichols and played Weller Martin in The Gin Gamewith Jessica Tandy in New York, N.Y. and on tour |
| 1977-1980 | Member, board of governors, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
| 1977-1983 | Coauthored Foxfirewith Susan Cooper Played Hector Nations in Foxfirewith Jessica Tandy at the Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minn., and in New York, N.Y. |
| 1982-circa 1992 | Board of directors, Sundance Institute, Sundance, Utah |
| 1985 | Broadcast of teleplay The Dollmaker, coauthored with Susan Cooper |
| 1986 | Played General Sir Edmund Milne in The Petition with Jessica Tandy, New York, N.Y. Received John F. Kennedy Center Honors Award for the Arts |
| 1990 | Awarded National Medal of Arts Received Emmy Award for performance in Age Old Friends |
| 1991 | Published A Terrible Liar: A Memoir (New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Co. 431 pp.) |
| 1992 | Received Emmy Award for performance in Neil Simon's Broadway Bound |
| 1993 | Received, with Jessica Tandy, an Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for Lifetime Achievement |
| 1994 | Received Emmy Award for performance in To Dance with the White Dog |
| 1996 | Married Susan Cooper |
| 1998 | Played Juror #9 in the television movie 12 Angry Men |
| 2003 | Died, Fairfield, Conn. |
Jessica Tandy
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1909, June 7 | Born Jessie Alice Tandy, London, England |
| 1924-1927 | Studied, Ben Greet Academy of Acting, London, England |
| 1927 | Professional stage debut in The Manderson Girls as Sara Manderson, Playroom Six, London, England |
| 1928 | Joined Birmingham Repertory Theatre, England |
| 1929 | London West End debut in The Rumouras Lena Jackson |
| 1930 | Changed stage name to Jessica Tandy Broadway debut in The Matriarch as Toni Rakonitz, New York, N.Y. |
| 1932 | Appeared as Manuela in Children in Uniform, London, England Married Jack Hawkins (divorced 1942) |
| 1933 | Film debut in The Indiscretions of Eve |
| 1934 | Played Ophelia opposite John Geilgud in Hamlet, London, England |
| 1940 | Moved to the United States |
| 1942 | Married Hume Cronyn |
| 1944 | Appeared with Hume Cronyn in first Hollywood film, The Seventh Cross |
| 1946 | Played Miss Lucretia Collins in Portrait of a Madonna, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Hume Cronyn, Actors' Laboratory Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1947-1949 | Played Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, New York, N.Y. Received 1947 Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for Best Actress |
| 1950 | Played Hilda Crane directed by Hume Cronyn, New York, N.Y. |
| 1951-1953 | Played Agnes in The Fourposter in New York, N.Y. and on national tour |
| 1953-1954 | Appeared as Liz Marriott in the series The Marriage with Hume Cronyn on NBC radio and television |
| 1954 | Toured with Hume Cronyn in “Face to Face,” a program of readings |
| 1959-1960 | Played Louise Harrington in Five Finger Exercise, New York, N.Y. |
| 1963 | Performed in Hamlet, The Three Sisters, and Death of a Salesman, in first season of Tyrone Guthrie's Minnesota Theatre Co., Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1971 | Played role of Wife in Edward Albee's All Over, New York, N.Y. Founding member Solar Theatre, Inc. |
| 1972 | Performed in world premiere of Samuel Beckett's Not I as part of “Samuel Beckett Festival,” Forum Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. |
| 1974-1976 | Toured in “Many Faces of Love,” a program of readings |
| 1977-1979 | Played Fonsia Dorsey in The Gin Gamewith Hume Cronyn in New York, N.Y. and on tour Received 1977 Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for Best Actress |
| 1982-1983 | Played Annie Nations in Foxfirewith Hume Cronyn, New York, N.Y. Received 1982 Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for Best Actress |
| 1983 | Played Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, New York, N.Y. |
| 1986 | Played Lady Elizabeth Milne in The Petition with Hume Cronyn, New York, N.Y. Received John F. Kennedy Center Honors Award for the Arts |
| 1988 | Received Emmy Award for performance in Hallmark Hall of Fame, production of Foxfire |
| 1989 | Appeared as Daisy Werthan in film Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1990 | Received 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “Oscar” Award for Best Actress in Driving Miss Daisy Awarded National Medal of Arts |
| 1991 | Appeared in television film The Story Ladyin which daughter, Tandy Cronyn, played a supporting role |
| 1993 | Received, with Hume Cronyn, an Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award for Lifetime Achievement |
| 1994, Sept. 11 | Died, Easton, Conn. |
| 1994 | Appeared in films Nobody's Fool and Camilla, released posthumously |