Murray Hill in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Jessica Tandy
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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
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Location. 40° 44.851′ N, 73° 58.801′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in Murray Hill. It is on East 35th Street just east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 113 E 35th St, New York NY 10016, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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
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 1,501 times since then and 69 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.
