The Story Lady

The Story Lady (1991) is an American TV drama you can watch online on iFILM. Grace is a woman in her seventies who moves in with her daughter and son-in-law looking for a way to make herself useful. She starts reading stories to local children on public access cable — quietly, without fanfare — and builds an audience that surprises everyone.

A major broadcaster comes knocking with a full television series deal. The contracts and schedules that arrive with it have very little to do with why she started. Jessica Tandy — two years on from her Best Actress Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy — plays Grace with the kind of understated precision that makes you forget there's a performance happening at all. Stream The Story Lady (1991) on iFILM.