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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Oscars

Omnibus

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Nun's Story

QB VII

Scrooge

All Movies (25)

• Nothing Like a Dame2018 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Nasty Habits1977 · as Sister Hildegard
• The Slipper and the Rose1976 · as Dowager Queen
• Craze1974 · as Aunt Louise
• A Doll's House1973 · as Anne-Marie
• Scrooge1970 · as Ghost of Christmas Past
• Upon This Rock1970 · as Queen Christina (voice)
• David Copperfield1969 · as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
• The Madwoman of Chaillot1969 · as Josephine
• Crooks and Coronets1969 · as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
• Prudence and the Pill1968 · as Roberta Bates
• The New Cinema1968 · as Self
• Fitzwilly1967 · as Miss Victoria Woodworth
• The Whisperers1967 · as Mrs Ross
• Young Cassidy1965 · as Lady Gregory
• The Chalk Garden1964 · as Mrs. St. Maugham
• Tom Jones1963 · as Miss Western
• Look Back in Anger1959 · as Mrs. Tanner
• The Nun's Story1959 · as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
• ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall1955 · as Lady Bracknell
• The Importance of Being Earnest1952 · as Lady Bracknell
• The Last Days of Dolwyn1949 · as Merri
• The Queen of Spades1949 · as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
• East Is East1916 · as Aunt
• A Welsh Singer1916 · as Mrs. Pomfrey

All TV Shows (6)

• QB VII1974 · as Dr. Parmentier
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Dame Maud Gosport
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc