Edith Evans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was a British actress. She was known for her work on the British stage. She also appeared in a number of films, for which she received three Academy Award nominations, plus a BAFTA and a Golden Globe award. Evans was particularly effective at portraying haughty aristocratic ladies, as in two of her most famous roles: Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (both on stage and in the 1952 film), and Miss Western in the 1963 film of Tom Jones. By contrast, she played a poverty-stricken old woman in one of her most acclaimed film roles, in The Whisperers (1967). Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 8, 1888 In London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 25
- First Appeared:
- In the movie East Is East 1916-09-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Nasty Habits | Sister Hildegard | 1977-01-28 |
| Movie | The Slipper and the Rose | Dowager Queen | 1976-03-25 |
| Movie | Craze | Aunt Louise | 1974-05-16 |
| Movie | A Doll's House | Anne-Marie | 1973-04-10 |
| Movie | El caballo torero | 1973-12-05 | |
| Movie | Upon This Rock | Queen Christina (voice) | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | David Copperfield | Aunt Betsy Trotwood | 1969-12-01 |
| Movie | Crooks and Coronets | Lady Sophie Fitzmore | 1969-04-02 |
| Movie | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Josephine | 1969-10-12 |
| Movie | The New Cinema | Self | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Prudence and the Pill | Roberta Bates | 1968-05-23 |
| Movie | The Whisperers | Mrs Ross | 1967-07-18 |
| Movie | Fitzwilly | Miss Victoria Woodworth | 1967-12-20 |
| Movie | Young Cassidy | Lady Gregory | 1965-02-25 |
| Movie | The Chalk Garden | Mrs. St. Maugham | 1964-04-02 |
| Movie | Tom Jones | Miss Western | 1963-08-24 |
| Movie | The Nun's Story | Rev. Mother Emmanuel | 1959-06-18 |
| Movie | Look Back in Anger | Mrs. Tanner | 1959-09-15 |
| Movie | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | 1952-06-02 |
| Movie | The Last Days of Dolwyn | Merri | 1949-04-13 |
| Movie | The Queen of Spades | The Old Countess Ranevskaya | 1949-03-16 |
| Movie | The Cowboy and the Girl | Herself - Singer | 1928-04-20 |
| Movie | When East Meets West | Herself | 1928-08-01 |
| Movie | East Is East | Aunt | 1916-09-02 |