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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 · Nasty Habits as Sister Hildegard
- 1976 · The Slipper and the Rose as Dowager Queen
- 1974 · Craze as Aunt Louise
- 1974 · QB VII as Dr. Parmentier
- 1973 · A Doll's House as Anne-Marie
- 1970 · Scrooge as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 1970 · Upon This Rock as Queen Christina (voice)
- 1969 · David Copperfield as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
- 1969 · The Madwoman of Chaillot as Josephine
- 1969 · Crooks and Coronets as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
- 1968 · Prudence and the Pill as Roberta Bates
- 1968 · The New Cinema as Self
- 1967 · Fitzwilly as Miss Victoria Woodworth
- 1967 · 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1959 · Look Back in Anger as Mrs. Tanner
- 1959 · The Nun's Story as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
- 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 Last Days of Dolwyn as Merri
- 1949 · The Queen of Spades as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
- 1916 · East Is East as Aunt