Edith Evans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1888
- Died
- October 14, 1976
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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
Nothing Like a Dame 2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nasty Habits 1977
as Sister Hildegard
The Slipper and the Rose 1976
as Dowager Queen
Craze 1974
as Aunt Louise
A Doll's House 1973
as Anne-Marie
Scrooge 1970
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Upon This Rock 1970
as Queen Christina (voice)
David Copperfield 1969
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969
as Josephine
Crooks and Coronets 1969
as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
Prudence and the Pill 1968
as Roberta Bates
The New Cinema 1968
as Self
Fitzwilly 1967
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
The Whisperers 1967
as Mrs Ross
Young Cassidy 1965
as Lady Gregory
The Chalk Garden 1964
as Mrs. St. Maugham
Tom Jones 1963
as Miss Western
Look Back in Anger 1959
as Mrs. Tanner
The Nun's Story 1959
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
- ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall 1955
as Lady Bracknell
The Importance of Being Earnest 1952
as Lady Bracknell
The Last Days of Dolwyn 1949
as Merri
The Queen of Spades 1949
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
East Is East 1916
as Aunt
- A Welsh Singer
A Welsh Singer 1916
as Mrs. Pomfrey
Credits from TMDB.