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jessica who won an oscar for driving miss daisy

Jessica Tandy is the Jessica who won an Oscar for her role in Driving Miss Daisy ; she received the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 62nd Oscars in 1990.

Quick Scoop: Who Is “Jessica” From Driving Miss Daisy?

  • The “Jessica” you’re thinking of is Jessica Tandy, a British-American actress.
  • She played Daisy Werthan, the sharp, aging Southern woman in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
  • For this performance, she won the Oscar for Best Actress, making her the oldest Best Actress winner at around 80 years old.
  • The film itself also won Best Picture and several other awards at the same ceremony.

In short: if you see people online asking “Jessica who won an Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy?”, they’re talking about Jessica Tandy.

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