About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1888-02-08
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Edith Evans

Overview

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).

 

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Known for

Acting
2018 Nothing Like a Dame Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
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2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1977 Nasty Habits Actor Sister Hildegard 59
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1976 The Slipper and the Rose Actor Dowager Queen 59
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1974 Craze Actor Aunt Louise 58
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1974 QB VII Actor Dr. Parmentier 70
Good
1973 A Doll's House Actor Anne-Marie 58
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1970 Scrooge Actor Ghost of Christmas Past 61
Fair
1970 Upon This Rock Actor Queen Christina (voice) N/A
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1969 David Copperfield Actor Aunt Betsy Trotwood 58
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1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot Actor Josephine 59
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1969 Crooks and Coronets Actor Lady Sophie Fitzmore 59
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1968 Prudence and the Pill Actor Roberta Bates 58
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1968 The New Cinema Actor Self N/A
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1967 Fitzwilly Actor Miss Victoria Woodworth 59
Average
1967 The Whisperers Actor Mrs Ross 59
Average
1965 Young Cassidy Actor Lady Gregory 58
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1964 The Chalk Garden Actor Mrs. St. Maugham 59
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1963 Tom Jones Actor Miss Western 58
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1959 Look Back in Anger Actor Mrs. Tanner 59
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1959 The Nun's Story Actor Rev. Mother Emmanuel 62
Fair
1952 The Importance of Being Earnest Actor Lady Bracknell 61
Fair
1949 The Last Days of Dolwyn Actor Merri 59
Average
1949 The Queen of Spades Actor The Old Countess Ranevskaya 59
Average
1916 East Is East Actor Aunt 58
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