Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn receive 1994 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement

Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn receive the 1994 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

[@fatherof3husbandto1]

"I don't want to live forever unless you are by my side" is the most beautiful phrase ever said.

[@cosmicstargazer10]

Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn... Two beautiful human beings, made into one stunning entity - their art was as much about their limitless, true love, as it was about their boundless talents. If they were British, they would have also been honoured with Dame/ Knighthoods. How lucky and proud a lady, their daughter, Tandy Cronyn, must feel and be - to have had them both for her parents. I'm watching for a second time 'A Month of Sundays', in which both she and her father star - a brilliant film; charming, humourous and poignant. Thank you, very much, for posting this charming, humourous and poignant award video.

[@JohnRobie]

When Ms. Tandy says, "and I'm particularly grateful for the opportunity to step once more upon the stage" ...😭 Thank you both for your splendid performances. ❤

[@misterhot9163]

They entered that stage with such grace and dignity. RIP to this great couple.

[@seoulkidd1]

R.I.P. Mrs Tandy. You are greatly missed.

[@JuanFernandez-jr2wz]

Tenderness between husband and wife. Dignity and style. And above all, a love that trascends the time.

[@thehulkmadsmash6716]

Class personified, both of them.

[@MatthewPippin]

3:50 is a real moment. We're lucky it was captured on film. A husband, who knows his beloved wife is dying, and he grabs her arm.... that is something.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

So sad. I was 10 when Jessica died.

[@GaryWright238]

and at 5:11 when he chokes up thanking her ... she died 3 months after this

[@DonnieDarko1]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Clintsessentials]

❤️❤️❤️

[@tasmaniandevil7610]

I have driving Mrs Daisy on a vcr and I just love it every time I'm blessed to watch it

[@davidbowden796]

Even while watching this clip, any smart observer could hear and feel the love, admiration, and true sincerity of every person in that theatre given by a standing ovation which this couple has truly earned through the years. I hope their memory and legacy will live on and inspire all future actors.

[@92RedRevolver]

She was a phenomenal actress.

[@robertyates9500]

This was broadcast on June 12, 1994. Jessica Tandy had just turned 85 the week before and died only three months later. Hume lasted almost another nine years and died in 2003.

[@ricardobigi5476]

What a touching moment! A well-deserved tribute to two extraordinary actors. God bless them.

[@cmcb09]

This would turn out to be Jessica Tandy's final public appearance before she succumbed to cancer which she had been bravely battling for 4 years. Such a trooper she kept on working up until about the end.

[@ricardobigi5476]

Chris Johnson I greatly admired her, among other fine actresses of her generation (Julie Harris, Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley, to cite three). Have you seen her in SEPTEMBER AFFAIR (availabe in KZbin)? She does such wonderful things in a relatively small role. I miss her and other actors of her caliber.

[@Cinemaniac87]

@@ricardobigi5476 with joseph cotten ?

[@danielkinney6325]

Jessica Tandy made me cry in FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. everything she did was a true joy

[@bluestarlighting29]

Both were greatest actor and funny. Thank you both you. All hard work though the years. God bless you both.

[@sherrymiller2302]

A wonderfully loyal and loving couple as well as tremendously talented in their field! RIP forever together......

[@emilyh.8704]

I just got through watching Cocoon for the hundreds time with these incredibly, amazingly artists of all time! Their acting in blockbuster movies for decades will be remembered for long after I am gone and I pray millions of people will continue to enjoy them as I have..even though you two are gone, I also pray that you are together ❤ to continue your everlasting love for all eternity..thank you, for magnificent artistry and your God given gift to us all..❤🙏

[@jeanlucpicard3526]

just watched batteries not included. please watch it. sorry I have dust in my eyes. :(.. greatest actors of all time. we'll miss you both. forever..

[@muddyshoes4517]

Me too. That's what brought me here

[@paulthepainter2366]

Me too

[@Cinemaniac87]

Behold true class personified the likes of which is greatly missed today to truly love art over anything else hollywood could ever provide, these two truly loved each other i found that and i know its value its infinite as well as beautiful.

[@dawnagordon2333]

Loves these two so much. Great people/actors rip both of u

[@muddyshoes4517]

So touching. All the little subtle things between the two of them. And like others said, so much class. We need more of the previous generations in us

[@Clintsessentials]

This is sooooo touching, thank you.

[@loyalman692ndaccount]

love these two!!

[@SmokeymcJoint420]

Tandy passed away September 11th 1994, a day short of 3 months after this happened.

[@johnnyballenatl]

Smokey McJoint So I would assume this was Jessica’s last public appearance?

[@ravenbaa7989]

I loved you guys❤

[@maximiliano170377]

Extraordinarios ambos. Geniales e inolvidables. Gracias por tanto talento.

[@Landlordbloke]

So richly deserved, what a great couple.

[@kentdean3882]

A great couple introduced by another great couple.

[@chriscanale9535]

crying out loud😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@jihmns]

Choking back tears

[@remyparaskovia5499]

Omg that this made me cryw

[@michaelcasey5155]

Class and dignity.

[@ravenbaa7989]

I was nuts bout him I loved her too

[@dolly2106]

Awww sad they both gone great actors ❤❤ ❤ ❤

[@juliefisher5377]

Lovely couple ❤

[@scottstacey7447]

Jessica Tandy passed away on the day of the Emmy Awards and she was nominated for an Emmy that evening but lost.

[@terrencemoss4914]

Though Cronyn won in a bittersweet victory.

[@whitedove.8903]

I love her! My sweet Miss Deisy!!!

[@charleneliberti9290]

RIP and Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@soniatorresflores5035]

Beautiful 😍😍🎬🎬🎥🎥👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@vin7786]

Icons! Love cocoon movies!

[@loyalman692ndaccount]

she died same year glad got award before passed

[@SmokeymcJoint420]

She died a day short of 3 months after this happened.

[@teelasalada]

Aww they’re all gone now. 😥😇

[@kathyh4804]

Elegance is sadly gone! Gone are the days where actors had such class and dignity What a beautiful couple

[@lightgiver7311]

She died later that year after struggling with cancer. She also developed glaucoma, hence the glasses. I am so grateful that she was able to get on that stage for an award, and the last time we would hear her beautiful voice.

[@drstranger7430]

awee Marin Mazzie at 2:50. Loveee Jessica Tandy!

[@deansiephillips437]

Such a classic couple not brassy and show off s . Talent is classy 👏 loved these two ❤️ r.i.p 😢 x ✨️ today's couples could learn from these two x

[@suzieparis6821]

When award shows were wonderful n class

[@mrnocal]

9 "dislikes"? I wonder what their reasoning was to "dislike" this video? Makes no sense to me.

[@BTURNER1961]

Its a sad commentary that the only clip shown at a lifetime acheivement award for stage work, was from a blockbuster Hollywood film. They worked together in Broadway productions of Foxfire ( later filmed as a movie) The Gin Game ( later televised by Showtime) The Honeys, The Petition, Delicate Balance, In Two Keys,and the Four-poster. Tandy earned 5 Tony nominations including The Rose and the Petition and won 3 for Streetcar in '47, Gin Game in '77, and Foxfire in '82 as well as 2 Drama Desk Awards and an Obie. Cronyn was nominated for 5 Tonys ( Big Fish..., Delicate Balance, Gin Game, The Petition) winning the award in '64 for Hamlet. But there are no clips in existence other than that Showtime 'Gin game.'

[@tungstenkid2271]

Cronyn was a great Polonius opposite Richard Burton's 1964 Hamlet, proving you don't have to be British to be a great Shakespearean actor..:) (It was on youtube the last time i looked)

[@Cinemaniac87]

Wow what a duo ill have to find that

[@Melissa-h4z5o]

❤❤

[@davehibbs9111]

Picture quality so poor that my device can't keep it from turning black screen evey 10 seconds 😕

[@waffle8364]

She also passed away that year. RIP Jessica

[@kathleensilva2414]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@OrganNLou]

They dont make em like that anymore!

[@markclark289]

Though they richly deserved the award, it was not the first life acheivement Tony. Lunt and Fontanne were awarded in 1970.

[@maritaaracena980]

Jesica Tandy murió 3 meses después de esta ceremonia !!! 😢😢

[@TheVerbalVolley]

So sad that Jessica was already suffering terribly from the cancer that would take her life. She was one of a kind. The likes of her will never be seen again on Broadway, or the movies for that matter ("Driving Miss Daisy")

[@danielkinney6325]

Who is the lady presenting this award her voice is so recognizable but I forgot who she is ?

[@VinMar-m6w]

The couple presenting the award are *Ossie Davis* and his wife *Ruby Dee.*

[@basilmanolakos4926]

She knew she didn't have far to go. Painfully thin, the comment of her having the pleasure of being upon a stage again exemplified she would not be returning there again. How sad, she didn't win her best actress Oscar till 1990 and in 4 years, she would be gone.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Jessica passed away shortly after this event.

[@patricebest545]

True love is sadly rare but they had it

[@aliciahart90]

Jessica Tandy (born 1909) died in 1994, .. 52 years of marriage After he was widowed, Cronyn (born 1911) married author/playwright Susan Cooper (born 1935) in July 1996.

[@johnnieephraim5212]

Good for him to have someone by his side! At 96 or 97 im sure he doesnt care what people think, especially if hes happy!

[@coldplayfan7357]

That didn't took him long, did he even loved her? How can someone remarry within a year of your spouses death? Especially when you spent 50+ years together

[@strothermartin5368]

Class....... What ever happened to it.

[@HeRacesTheSun]

The first black man played Chuck 'Chuck's Bait Shop' in Grumpy Old Men.

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

HeRacesTheSun That's Ossie Davis, who died in 2005.

[@RealTreyOlds]

HeRacesTheSun who is the lady ?

[@HeRacesTheSun]

I have no idea who the lady is, I don't recognize her.

[@MrRuperty]

She played on the Birds, Miss Daisy and her Chauffeur, Fried Green Tomatoes. I miss her very much, such an good actress!!!

[@parkerfilms1]

@@RealTreyOlds Ruby Dee, acclaimed Actress and wife of Mr. Davis. In many ways they were the African American version of Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn.

[@alanwilder2624]

Hollywood needs people like that again not all these blowhards with a political rant every time there on tv

[@NickOtis0707]

I didn't realize until I saw the date of this video of 1994 this is when Jessica Tandy was battling cancer of her ovaries and she passed away in September 1994 so in this video you can see that she lost a little weight and her determination to walk up on that stage while she's feeling ill I can't imagine what she felt on that stage of happiness but battling her sickness at the same time. For my understanding her heritage that she was a Jew but for the ones that put their faith in Jesus Christ and faith alone has hope within Jesus Christ for their salvation I must say this because I will not be ashamed of the Gospel or my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because as a Christian a child of God I must have a duty to let everyone know the good news of the Gospel through Jesus Christ to never judge God through Jesus Christ when you don't know who he is or don't know his word because we look around upon this world there's so much evidence that the Lord exists when you look at human DNA and much more and the Lord written in our hearts what is right and wrong and what is good and evil to love our neighbor as ourselves and much more but I know the Lord has many ways to get through people. And I pray that more people get saved every day and more people will know who God is the one and only true God through Jesus Christ God and flesh through his holy spirit that gives us strength and comfort and gives life to the resurrection eternal in heaven.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Amen

[@SalveRegina8]

True dignity is found in Christ alone.

[@jlynnd1616]

She was dying from cancer at that point. She died that year.

[@hannat42]

😭

[@sunnybeegirl4211]

Geez, no standing ovation??? Wth????

[@laurie113]

What has happened to America. Trump did. And it’s a disgusting change to be true . So many years of some understanding and Colour blindness. Goodbye America. You’re so lost, hopefully to be found again, 2023

[@AAwildeone]

OOOk but until I just googles I never knew Hume actually married again...yikes

[@GridIndustries]

After being with someone for so long, they don't do well alone.

[@miguelrivera9599]

1994? It's looks like 1978

[@sabbirahmed1483]

She was very ill at that time

[@trenthooper3848]

He remarried not long after she passed. Creep.

[@charlesevans6918]

2 years later and why not

[@gas1174]

You've only one life...

[@coldplayfan7357]

He got over so fast over the death of his wife, especially a wife of 50+ years

[@Chapin-pc2kz]

When you're in your eighties you don't have time to wait.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Do not call him that

[@OhSankYouDoktor]

Less than two years after she died, Hume married some young chippie in her 70s. Ridiculous.

[@gas1174]

You've only one life..

[@davemattia]

She was one of the greatest - but he wasn't much of an actor. Sorry, but that's the way it was.

[@soyelnanox]

Padre de familia !! 😂

[@ikurrinegartzia5487]

Class❤❤❤

[@muffs55mercury61]

Jessica passed away shortly after this event.