BORN ON THIS DAY
JESSICA TANDY ( 19091994). The London-born star was the oldest woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress (right) when she triumphed for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990, aged 80 years and 295 days. Tandy said she was ‘a graceless lump’ when young and that letters of recommendation to producers and directors said: ‘Don’t be put off by how she looks.’ CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (18681928). Glasgow-born architect, designer and artist. It has been said that modern architecture began when Mackintosh built the Glasgow School of Art — though he was only moderately successful in his lifetime. In 1915, he was briefly arrested on suspicion of being a German spy because his home contained German art brochures.