Murray Hill in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Jessica Tandy / Hume Cronyn
113 East 35 Street, Manhattan
June 7, 1909 - September 11, 1994
Hume Cronyn
July 18, 1911 - June 15, 2003
British-born actress Jessica Tandy and Canadian-born actor Hume Cronyn, one of Broadway's leading husband-wife acting teams, met in 1940 in New York, and married in 1942. In 1946, Cronyn directed Tandy in Portrait of a Madonna by Tennessee Williams, leading to her Tony Award-winning role in A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). Cronyn later won a Tony for his role as Polonius in Hamlet (1964). The couple first appeared together in The Fourposter (1951), and delighted audiences in The Gin Game (1977) and Foxfire (1982), for which Tandy won two Tonys. Tandy received an Oscar for Best Actress in Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Both actors were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame (1979), and together received the Kennedy Center Honors (1986), the National Medal of Arts (1990), and the first Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater (1994).
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women. In addition, it is included in the New York, New York City Historic Landmarks Preservation Center Cultural Medallions series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 7, 1909.
Location.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Charles Dana Gibson (here, next to this marker); 23 Park Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (about 300 feet away); Inclenberg (about 300 feet away); Memorial Light (about 500 feet away); Murray Hill Historic District (about 500 feet away); Mary Lindley Murray (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
Alexander Bender (courtesy of the New York Public Libraries), circa 1950s
3. Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 386 times since then and 114 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on August 15, 2022.
