Acting
Edith Evans
EN cinema · 25 credits
Born
8 February 1888
Died
14 October 1976 (aged 88)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Эдит Эванс · Edith Mary Evans
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.
Known for
Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nasty Habits
as Sister Hildegard
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
Craze
as Aunt Louise
A Doll's House
as Anne-Marie
Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Upon This Rock
as Queen Christina (voice)
David Copperfield
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Josephine
Crooks and Coronets
as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
Prudence and the Pill
as Roberta Bates
Fitzwilly
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
The Whisperers
as Mrs Ross
Young Cassidy
as Lady Gregory
The Chalk Garden
as Mrs. St. Maugham
Tom Jones
as Miss Western
The Nun's Story
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Look Back in Anger
as Mrs. Tanner
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
as Lady Bracknell
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
The Queen of Spades
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
East Is East
as Aunt
A Welsh Singer
1916
A Welsh Singer
as Mrs. Pomfrey