Driving Miss Daisy is based on the actual family history of the playwright, Alfred Uhry. This production by Act II Playhouse captured that domestic feeling more than any I've ever attended.

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Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Racial tensions are delicately explored when a warm friendship evolves between an elderly Jewish woman and her black chauffeur. Winner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.80
At age 80, she was the oldest winner of a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Won a 1993 Special Tony Award (New York City) lifetime achievement award.
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'DRIVING MISS DAISY' STAR JESSICA TANDY DIES AT 85.12 Sep 1994
822 Lullwater Rd
Miss Daisy lived at 822 Lullwater Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30307.12 Nov 2015
Boolie Werthan: Daisy's son, also born and raised in Atlanta. He is 40 years old in the first scene of the play in 1948, and 65 years old at the show's end in 1973. ... When visiting her husband's grave, Daisy notes that Boolie would prefer that she let the cemetery handle the care of his gravesite.James Earl Jones
Hoke Colburn (James Earl Jones), a chauffeur for Daisy Werthan, asks her son Boolie Werthan (Boyd Gaines) for a raise after he receives a competing job offer.16 Jul 2015
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Driving Miss Daisy is based on the actual family history of the playwright, Alfred Uhry. This production by Act II Playhouse captured that domestic feeling more than any I've ever attended.

https://theculturalcritic.com › drivin...
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Racial tensions are delicately explored when a warm friendship evolves between an elderly Jewish woman and her black chauffeur. Winner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.80
At age 80, she was the oldest winner of a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Won a 1993 Special Tony Award (New York City) lifetime achievement award.
85
'DRIVING MISS DAISY' STAR JESSICA TANDY DIES AT 85.12 Sep 1994
822 Lullwater Rd
Miss Daisy lived at 822 Lullwater Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30307.12 Nov 2015
Boolie Werthan: Daisy's son, also born and raised in Atlanta. He is 40 years old in the first scene of the play in 1948, and 65 years old at the show's end in 1973. ... When visiting her husband's grave, Daisy notes that Boolie would prefer that she let the cemetery handle the care of his gravesite.James Earl Jones
Hoke Colburn (James Earl Jones), a chauffeur for Daisy Werthan, asks her son Boolie Werthan (Boyd Gaines) for a raise after he receives a competing job offer.16 Jul 2015