An elderly Southern woman, a patient chauffeur, and twenty-five years of friendship — Morgan Freeman makes Driving Miss Daisy a story about dignity and change.
Released in 1989, Driving Miss Daisy stars Freeman as Hoke Colburn, hired to drive Miss Daisy Werthan, played by Jessica Tandy, after she crashes her car. At first, Miss Daisy resists having a driver; over the years, a deep, respectful friendship grows between them.
Freeman plays Hoke with warmth, humour and quiet pride, never reducing him to a stereotype. He is a man of faith, patience and intelligence, and his friendship with Miss Daisy becomes a lens on the changing American South.
It is a signature role because it is Freeman at his most gentle and most human, and because the film’s success brought his work to a much wider audience.