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Edith Evans

Edith Evans

Birthday: 1888-02-08 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1976
The Slipper and the Rose

as    Dowager Queen

1974
Craze

as    Aunt Louise

1970
Scrooge

as    Ghost of Christmas Past

1970
Upon This Rock

as    Queen Christina (voice)

1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot

as    Josephine

1967
Fitzwilly

as    Miss Victoria Woodworth

1967
The Whisperers

as    Mrs Ross

1964
The Chalk Garden

as    Mrs. St. Maugham

1963
Tom Jones

as    Miss Western

1959
Look Back in Anger

as    Mrs. Tanner

1959
The Nun's Story

as    Rev. Mother Emmanuel

1952
The Importance of Being Earnest

as    Lady Bracknell

1949
The Queen of Spades

as    The Old Countess Ranevskaya