About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1903-11-27
Place of birth:
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
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Mona Washbourne

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.

Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist.

In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968).

She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978).

In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease.

Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940.

She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.

Known for

Acting
1984 December Flower Actor Mary Grey N/A
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1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story Actor Queen Mother 58
Average
1981 Pygmalion Actor Mrs. Pearce N/A
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1981 Brideshead Revisited Actor Nanny Hawkins 74
Good
1980 Thérèse Raquin Actor Madame Raquin 69
Fair
1979 The London Connection Actor Aunt Lydia 59
Average
1978 Stevie Actor Aunt 59
Average
1976 The Blue Bird Actor Grandmother 58
Average
1975 The Old Curiosity Shop Actor Mrs. Jarley 59
Average
1974 Identikit Actor Mrs. Helen Fiedke 59
Average
1973 O Lucky Man! Actor Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett 60
Fair
1972 I Spy a Stranger Actor Mrs. Hudson N/A
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1972 What Became of Jack and Jill? Actor Gran Alice Tallent 58
Average
1972 Home Actor Kathleen 59
Average
1970 Poor Mother Actor Sister N/A
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1970 Fragment of Fear Actor Mrs. Gray 59
Average
1970 The Games Actor Mrs. Hayes 59
Average
1969 The Bed Sitting Room Actor Mother 58
Average
1968 if.... Actor Matron 63
Fair
1968 Number Ten Actor Julia Pryton N/A
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1968 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter Actor Mrs. Brown 58
Average
1967 Two A Penny Actor 58
Average
1967 Casino Royale Actor Tea Lady (uncredited) 55
Average
1965 The Third Day Actor Catherine Parsons 59
Average
1965 The Collector Actor Aunt Annie 62
Fair
1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey Actor Aunt Lil 58
Average
1965 One Way Pendulum Actor Aunt Mildred 59
Average
1964 My Fair Lady Actor Mrs. Pearce 70
Good
1964 Night Must Fall Actor Mrs. Bramson 59
Average
1963 Billy Liar Actor Alice Fisher 60
Fair
1960 The Brides of Dracula Actor Helga Lang 61
Fair
1959 Count Your Blessings Actor Nanny 58
Average
1958 A Cry from the Streets Actor Mrs. Daniels 59
Average
1958 Son of a Stranger Actor N/A
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1957 Stranger in Town Actor Agnes Smith 59
Average
1957 The Good Companions Actor Mrs. Joe N/A
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1956 It's Great to be Young! Actor Miss Merrow, a School Mistress 59
Average
1956 Circus Friends Actor Miss Linstead N/A
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1956 Loser Takes All Actor Nurse (uncredited) 59
Average
1956 Yield to the Night Actor Mrs. Thomas, landlady 59
Average
1956 Lost Actor Librarian (Uncredited) 59
Average
1955 Cast a Dark Shadow Actor Monica Bare 59
Average
1954 To Dorothy, a Son Actor Midwife Appleby 58
Average
1954 Monsieur Ripois Actor Landlady 59
Average
1954 Betrayed Actor Waitress (uncredited) 58
Average
1954 Adventure in the Hopfields Actor Mrs. McBain 59
Average
1954 Doctor in the House Actor Midwifery Sister (uncredited) 59
Average
1954 The Million Pound Note Actor Mum with Pram 59
Average
1953 Johnny on the Run Actor Mrs MacGregor 59
Average
1952 The Gambler and the Lady Actor Miss Minter 58
Average
1950 Probation Officer Actor Mrs. Mead N/A
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1950 Dark Interval Actor N/A
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1950 Double Confession Actor Fussy Mother 59
Average
1949 Adam and Evelyne Actor Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited) 59
Average
1949 Maytime in Mayfair Actor Lady Levenson 59
Average
1949 Once Upon a Dream Actor Vicar's Wife 59
Average
1948 The Winslow Boy Actor Miss Barnes 59
Average