Edith Evans
Birthday
1888/02/08
Day of death
1976/10/14 (88 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
Эдит Эванс, Edith Mary 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 19...Read more
Acting
(1952) The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
(1963) Tom Jones
as Miss Western
(1959) The Nun's Story
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
(1967) Fitzwilly
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
(1970) Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
(1973) A Doll's House
as Anne-Marie
(1976) The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
(1964) The Chalk Garden
as Mrs. St. Maugham
(1959) Look Back in Anger
as Mrs. Tanner
(1967) The Whisperers
as Mrs Ross
(1968) Prudence and the Pill
as Roberta Bates
(1949) The Queen of Spades
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
(1974) Craze
as Aunt Louise
(1977) Nasty Habits
as Sister Hildegard
(1969) David Copperfield
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
(1965) Young Cassidy
as Lady Gregory
(1969) The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Josephine
(1949) The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Merri
(1916) East Is East
as Aunt
(1969) Crooks and Coronets
as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
(1970) Upon This Rock
as Queen Christina (voice)
(1968) The New Cinema
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
(1974) QB VII
as Dr. Parmentier
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self