Edith Evans
Born: 1888-02-08 in London, England, UK
Died: 1976-10-14
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
- Nasty Habits as Sister Hildegard
1976
- The Slipper and the Rose as Dowager Queen
1973
- A Doll's House as Anne-Marie
1970
- Scrooge as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Upon This Rock as Queen Christina (voice)
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Dame Maud Gosport
- The Madwoman of Chaillot as Josephine
- David Copperfield as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
- Crooks and Coronets as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
1968
- The New Cinema as Self
- Prudence and the Pill as Roberta Bates
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- Fitzwilly as Miss Victoria Woodworth
- The Whisperers as Mrs Ross
1965
- Young Cassidy as Lady Gregory
1964
- The Chalk Garden as Mrs. St. Maugham
1963
- Tom Jones as Miss Western
1962
1959
- The Nun's Story as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
- Look Back in Anger as Mrs. Tanner
1955
- ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall as Lady Bracknell
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
1949
- The Queen of Spades as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
- The Last Days of Dolwyn as Merri
1916
- East Is East as Aunt
- A Welsh Singer as Mrs. Pomfrey