- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1888
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- October 14, 1976
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.
Filmography
movieNothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieNasty Habits
1977 · Sister Hildegard
movieThe Slipper and the Rose
1976 · Dowager Queen
movieCraze
1974 · Aunt Louise
tvQB VII
1974 · Dr. Parmentier
movieA Doll's House
1973 · Anne-Marie
movieScrooge
1970 · Ghost of Christmas Past
movieUpon This Rock
1970 · Queen Christina (voice)
movieDavid Copperfield
1969 · Aunt Betsy Trotwood
movieThe Madwoman of Chaillot
1969 · Josephine
movieCrooks and Coronets
1969 · Lady Sophie Fitzmore
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Dame Maud Gosport
moviePrudence and the Pill
1968 · Roberta Bates
movieThe New Cinema
1968 · Self
movieFitzwilly
1967 · Miss Victoria Woodworth
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
movieThe Whisperers
1967 · Mrs Ross
movieYoung Cassidy
1965 · Lady Gregory
movieThe Chalk Garden
1964 · Mrs. St. Maugham
movieTom Jones
1963 · Miss Western
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieLook Back in Anger
1959 · Mrs. Tanner
movieThe Nun's Story
1959 · Rev. Mother Emmanuel
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
movieITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955 · Lady Bracknell
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieThe Importance of Being Earnest
1952 · Lady Bracknell
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
movieThe Last Days of Dolwyn
1949 · Merri
movieThe Queen of Spades
1949 · The Old Countess Ranevskaya
movieEast Is East
1916 · Aunt
A Welsh Singer
movieA Welsh Singer
1916 · Mrs. Pomfrey