Mona Washbourne

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968). She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978). In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease. Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940. She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.

Known For

Play for Today

Matinee Theater

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Brideshead Revisited

The Wonderful World of Disney

Casino Royale

All Movies (59)

• December Flower1984 · as Mary Grey
• Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story1982 · as Queen Mother
• Pygmalion1981 · as Mrs. Pearce
• The London Connection1979 · as Aunt Lydia
• Stevie1978 · as Aunt
• The Blue Bird1976 · as Grandmother
• The Old Curiosity Shop1975 · as Mrs. Jarley
• Identikit1974 · as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
• O Lucky Man!1973 · as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
• I Spy a Stranger1972 · as Mrs. Hudson
• What Became of Jack and Jill?1972 · as Gran Alice Tallent
• Home1972 · as Kathleen
• Poor Mother1970 · as Sister
• Fragment of Fear1970 · as Mrs. Gray
• The Games1970 · as Mrs. Hayes
• The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970 · as Mrs. Jarley
• The Bed Sitting Room1969 · as Mother
• if....1968 · as Matron
• Number Ten1968 · as Julia Pryton
• Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter1968 · as Mrs. Brown
• Two a Penny1967
• Casino Royale1967 · as Tea Lady (uncredited)
• The Third Day1965 · as Catherine Parsons
• The Collector1965 · as Aunt Annie
• Ferry Cross the Mersey1965 · as Aunt Lil
• One Way Pendulum1965 · as Aunt Mildred
• My Fair Lady1964 · as Mrs. Pearce
• Night Must Fall1964 · as Mrs. Bramson
• Billy Liar1963 · as Alice Fisher
• Operation Stogie1962 · as Lady Cormorant
• No Love for Johnnie1961 · as Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
• The Brides of Dracula1960 · as Helga Lang
• Count Your Blessings1959 · as Nanny
• A Cry from the Streets1958 · as Mrs. Daniels
• Son of a Stranger1958
• Stranger in Town1957 · as Agnes Smith
• The Good Companions1957 · as Mrs. Joe
• It's Great to be Young!1956 · as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
• Circus Friends1956 · as Miss Linstead
• Loser Takes All1956 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• Yield to the Night1956 · as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
• Lost1956 · as Librarian
• Cast a Dark Shadow1955 · as Monica Bare
• John and Julie1955 · as Miss Rendlesham
• To Dorothy, a Son1954 · as Midwife Appleby
• Betrayed1954 · as Waitress (uncredited)
• Adventure in the Hopfields1954 · as Mrs. McBain
• Monsieur Ripois1954 · as Landlady
• Doctor in the House1954 · as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
• The Million Pound Note1954 · as Mum with Pram
• Johnny on the Run1953 · as Mrs MacGregor
• The Gambler and the Lady1952 · as Miss Minter
• Probation Officer1950 · as Mrs. Mead
• Dark Interval1950
• Double Confession1950 · as Fussy Mother
• Adam and Evelyne1949 · as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
• Maytime in Mayfair1949 · as Lady Levenson
• Once Upon a Dream1949 · as Vicar's Wife
• The Winslow Boy1948 · as Miss Barnes

All TV Shows (15)

• Celebrity Playhouse1981 · as Mrs. Pearce
• Brideshead Revisited1981 · as Nanny Hawkins
• Shillingbury Tales1981 · as Marjorie Cavendish
• Therese Raquin1980 · as Madame Raquin
• The Galton & Simpson Playhouse1977 · as Ethel Duckworth
• Centre Play1973 · as Hilda
• Six Days of Justice1972 · as Chairman of the Bench
• Play for Today1970
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Mrs. Fumble
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Julia Pyrton
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Mary
• Knight Errant Limited1959 · as Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Harriet
• Matinee Theater1955
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Aunt Lydia