1994 | Completed work on two features, "Camilla" (her last film with Cronyn) and "Nobody's Fool", released posthumously |
1992 | Last film released during her lifetime, "Used People" |
1991 | Underwent major surgery for her cancer |
1990 | Began battle against ovarian cancer |
1989 | Won Best Actress Oscar for her crusty Southern matron in "Driving Miss Daisy" |
1986 | Last stage work, "The Petition", opposite Hume Cronyn |
1985 | Collapsed onstage during a performance of "Foxfire" in Los Angeles due to a cardiovascular problem |
1984 | Returned to TV for the first time in over two decades to reprise her Tony-winning stage performance (opposite Hume Cronyn) in a PBS presentation of "The Gin Game" |
1983 | Starred in a NY stage revival of Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie" |
1981 | First feature film role opposite Hume Cronyn in 35 years, "Honky Tonk Freeway"; was also first film she made since "Butley" |
1974 | First feature film in 11 years, "Butley", starring Alan Bates |
1973 | Had an operation to remove double cataracts |
1963 | Last feature film for 11 years, "The Birds", directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
1958 | First feature film in seven years, "The Light in the Forest" |
1954 | Starred as Liz Marriott on own US TV series (opposite Hume Cronyn), "The Marriage", a short-lived comedy-drama which aired on NBC |
1951 | Last feature film for seven years, "The Desert Fox"; played Frau Rommel opposite James Mason as German WWII field marshall Rommel |
1951 | First acted opposite Hume Cronyn onstage, "The Fourposter" |
1948 | US TV debut in "Portrait of a Madonna" |
1947 | Originated role of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
1946 | Starred in Tennessee Williams's "Portrait of a Madonna" at the Los Angeles Actors' Workshop (staged by Hume Cronyn) as almost an audition for "Streetcar" while Elia Kazan was in Hollywood directing "Gentlemen's Agreement" |
1944 | Made US film debut in support of Spencer Tracy in "The Seventh Cross"; also marked first feature film in which she acted with husband Hume Cronyn |
1940 | Met Hume Cronyn when she returned to NY stage in "Jupiter Laughs" with Alexander Knox |
1940 | Decided to move to America with WWII impending and her marriage to actor Jack Hawkins ending; left England with daughter Susan but was only allowed to take ten pounds out of the country; found it difficult to find work acting for a time; considered giving up career |
1940 | Returned to the Old Vic to play Cordelia in a production of "King Lear" with John Gielgud in the title role |
1938 | Played a leading role in one of her last British films, "Murder in the Family" |
1937 | Played Viola in a production of "Twelfth Night" staged by Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic |
1934 | Played Ophelia opposite John Gielgud in the title role of a British production of "Hamlet" |
1932 | British film debut in "The Indiscretions of Eve" |
1932 | Played breakthrough role of Manuela in a production of Christa Winsloe's play, "Children in Uniform" |
1930 | Broadway debut in "The Matriarch," Longacre Theatre |
1929 | London stage debut in "The Rumor" |
1927 | Made British stage debut in a small Soho theater, as Sara Manderson in "The Manderson Girls" |
| Joined the Birmingham Repertory Company |
