Acting
Mona Washbourne
EN, IT, FR cinema · 60 credits
Born
27 November 1903
Died
15 November 1988 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
Also known as Mona Lee Washbourne · Мона Уошборн
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
Filmography
December Flower
as Mary Grey
Where's the Key?
as Mother
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Queen Mother
Pygmalion
as Mrs. Pearce
The London Connection
as Aunt Lydia
Stevie
as Aunt
The Blue Bird
as Grandmother
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs. Jarley
Identikit
as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
O Lucky Man!
as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Gran Alice Tallent
Home
as Kathleen
I Spy a Stranger
1972
I Spy a Stranger
as Mrs. Hudson
The Games
as Mrs. Hayes
Fragment of Fear
as Mrs. Gray
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
as Mrs. Jarley
The Bed Sitting Room
as Mother
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
as Mrs. Brown
Number Ten
1968
Number Ten
as Julia Pryton
if....
as Matron
Casino Royale
as Tea Lady (uncredited)
The Collector
as Aunt Annie
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Aunt Lil
The Third Day
as Catherine Parsons
One Way Pendulum
as Aunt Mildred
Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson
My Fair Lady
as Mrs. Pearce
Billy Liar
as Alice Fisher
Operation Stogie
as Lady Cormorant
No Love for Johnnie
as Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
The Brides of Dracula
as Helga Lang
Count Your Blessings
as Nanny
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Daniels
Stranger in Town
as Agnes Smith
The Good Companions
as Mrs. Joe
Yield to the Night
as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
Circus Friends
as Miss Linstead
Loser Takes All
as Nurse (uncredited)
Lost
as Librarian
It's Great to be Young!
as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Monica Bare
John and Julie
as Miss Rendlesham
Doctor in the House
as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
Betrayed
as Waitress (uncredited)
Monsieur Ripois
as Landlady
To Dorothy, a Son
as Midwife Appleby
The Million Pound Note
as Mum with Pram
Adventure in the Hopfields
as Mrs. McBain
Johnny on the Run
as Mrs MacGregor
The Gambler and the Lady
as Miss Minter
Double Confession
as Fussy Mother
Once Upon a Dream
as Vicar's Wife
Adam and Evelyne
as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
Maytime in Mayfair
as Lady Levenson
The Winslow Boy
as Miss Barnes