Edith Evans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1888
- Died
- October 14, 1976 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
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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Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
Nasty Habits
Movie · as Sister Hildegard
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie · as Dowager Queen
Craze
Movie · as Aunt Louise
QB VII
TV · as Dr. Parmentier · 2 eps
A Doll's House
Movie · as Anne-Marie
Scrooge
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past
Upon This Rock
Movie · as Queen Christina (voice)
David Copperfield
Movie · as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Movie · as Josephine
Crooks and Coronets
Movie · as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Dame Maud Gosport · 1 ep
Prudence and the Pill
Movie · as Roberta Bates
The New Cinema
Movie · as Self
Fitzwilly
Movie · as Miss Victoria Woodworth
The Whisperers
Movie · as Mrs Ross
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Young Cassidy
Movie · as Lady Gregory
The Chalk Garden
Movie · as Mrs. St. Maugham
Tom Jones
Movie · as Miss Western
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Nun's Story
Movie · as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Look Back in Anger
Movie · as Mrs. Tanner
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
Movie · as Lady Bracknell
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Lady Bracknell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc · 1 ep
The Queen of Spades
Movie · as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Movie · as Merri
East Is East
Movie · as Aunt
A Welsh Singer
Movie · as Mrs. Pomfrey