Miss Daisy at first refuses to let anyone else drive her, but gradually accedes to the arrangement.Īs Miss Daisy and Hoke spend time together, she gains appreciation for his many skills and teaches him to read for the first time using her teacher skills and resources. When Miss Daisy drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor's yard, her 40-year-old son Boolie ( Dan Aykroyd) buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires Hoke Colburn ( Morgan Freeman), a black chauffeur. In 1948, Daisy Werthan, or Miss Daisy ( Jessica Tandy), a 72-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired schoolteacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housekeeper, Idella ( Esther Rolle).
