Cronyn, Hume Blake, 1864-1933

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Hume Cronyn

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 Doubt as 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 VII with 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 Game with Jessica Tandy in New York, N.Y. and on tour 1977 1980 Member, board of governors, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada 1977 1983 Coauthored Foxfire with Susan Cooper Played Hector Nations in Foxfire with 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

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 Rumour as 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 Game with 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 Foxfire with 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 Lady in 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 From the guide to the Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy Papers, 1885-2007, (bulk 1935-2000), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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