Edith Evans
Actor
- Born
- February 8, 1888 · London, England, UK
- Died
- October 14, 1976 (age 88)
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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.
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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).
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Known for
Tom Jones
August 24, 1963
The Nun's Story
June 18, 1959
Scrooge
November 5, 1970
The Importance of Being Earnest
June 2, 1952
Look Back in Anger
September 15, 1959
The Queen of Spades
March 16, 1949
Nothing Like a Dame
May 2, 2018
The Slipper and the Rose
March 25, 1976
The Chalk Garden
April 2, 1964
Fitzwilly
December 20, 1967
The Whisperers
July 18, 1967
A Doll's House
April 10, 1973
Acting25
- 2018Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1977Nasty Habits as Sister Hildegard
- 1976The Slipper and the Rose as Dowager Queen
- 1974Craze as Aunt Louise
- 1973A Doll's House as Anne-Marie
- 1970Scrooge as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 1970Upon This Rock as Queen Christina (voice)
- 1969David Copperfield as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
- 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot as Josephine
- 1969Crooks and Coronets