Media    From 1989 

Driving Miss Daisy

Categories: Cinema

Film starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. The plot centres around an elderly Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur. It explores racism, and anti-semitism in the American south. It won four Academy Awards including best picture.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Driving Miss Daisy

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Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy, 1909 - 1994, actress and star of 'Driving Miss Daisy', was bor...

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Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

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Wilfred Day

Wilfred Day

Cinema historian. His collection is now held at the Cinémathèque Française which has an on-line catalogue. Founded the Anima Masonic Lodge in November 1912, whose membership was entirely connected ...

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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

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Cambridge Circus Cinematograph Theatre

Cambridge Circus Cinematograph Theatre

Our 1960 picture comes from Warsaw1948 which has a wonderful collection of old pictures of this area, many with current photos for comparison. There we also found this useful text: "The cinema on ...

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Burt Kwouk

Burt Kwouk

Actor. Born Herbert Tsangtse Kwouk in Warrington whilst his parents were visiting the UK, was brought up in Shanghai, moving to Hong Kong after the Chinese revolution. Arriving in Britain in 1949, ...

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