Edith Evans
Known For
Acting
Born
1888-02-08 in London, England, UK
Died
1976-10-14
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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
Omnibus
as Self
Fitzwilly
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
The Nun's Story
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
Tom Jones
as Miss Western
QB VII
as Dr. Parmentier
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
The Whisperers
as Mrs Ross
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Prudence and the Pill
as Roberta Bates
David Copperfield
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Look Back in Anger
as Mrs. Tanner
The Queen of Spades
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Josephine
Nasty Habits
as Sister Hildegard
The New Cinema
as Self