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Image of a film still from the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy featuring actors Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. Tandy sits on a suitcase and holds a parasol. Freeman stands on the right, wearing a chauffeur's uniform. A large black car sits behind them, and trees rise in the background.Driving Miss Daisy was originally written as a play by Alfred Uhry. Set in Atlanta before, during, and after the civil rights movement, the work explores the relationship between Miss Daisy, a southern Jewish woman, and her African American driver, Hoke. Morgan Freeman played Hoke in both the Atlanta premiere of the play and the film. Jessica Tandy portrayed Miss Daisy in the film version.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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