Edith Evans
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
1952
Tom Jones
as Miss Western
1963
The Nun's Story
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
1959
Fitzwilly
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
1967
Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
1970
A Doll's House
as Anne-Marie
1973
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
1976
The Chalk Garden
as Mrs. St. Maugham
1964
Look Back in Anger
as Mrs. Tanner
1959
The Whisperers
as Mrs Ross
1967
Prudence and the Pill
as Roberta Bates
1968
The Queen of Spades
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
1949
Craze
as Aunt Louise
1974
Nasty Habits
as Sister Hildegard
1977
David Copperfield
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
1969
Young Cassidy
as Lady Gregory
1965
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Josephine
1969
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Merri
1949
East Is East
as Aunt
1916
Crooks and Coronets
as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
1969
