About
Driving Miss Daisy Oscar winner who was married to Hume Cronyn. In 1979, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. In 1994, she played Miss Beryl in the movie Nobody's Fool.
Before Fame
She joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre at the age of 16.
Trivia
She won a Tony Award for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire. She amassed more than 60 different acting credits throughout her long career.
Family Life
She married Jack Hawkins in 1932. The couple had a daughter two years later and divorced in 1940.
Associated With
She was in a production of King Lear with John Gielgud.
