Editing Jessica Tandy (section)

==Early life==
The youngest of three siblings, Tandy was born in Geldeston Road in [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], London, to Harry Tandy and his wife, Jessie Helen Horspool.<ref>[http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/pressrelease/prnov98/pr356.htm Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace 19 November 1998]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}; accessed 10 May 2007</ref> Her mother was from a large [[Fenland District|Fenland]] family in [[Wisbech]], Cambridgeshire, and the head of a school for disabled children, and her father was a travelling salesman for a rope manufacturer.<ref>[http://blog.oup.com/2007/02/the_academy_awa/ "The Academy Awards: A Look At Jessica Tandy"]. ''Oxford University Press''. February 2007.</ref> She was educated at [[Dame Alice Owen's School]] in [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]].

Her father died when she was 12, and her mother subsequently taught evening courses to earn an income. Her brother Edward was later a [[prisoner of war]] of the Japanese in Asia.<ref>{{cite book| last=Kelly| first=Terence| title=Living with Japanese| publisher=Kellan Press| year=1977| page=136| isbn=978-0-9530-1930-4}}</ref>