Edith Evans

Actor

1888-02-08 – 1976-10-14 · London, England, UK

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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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• Tom Jones (1963) — Miss Western
• The Nun's Story (1959) — Rev. Mother Emmanuel
• Scrooge (1970) — Ghost of Christmas Past
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) — Lady Bracknell
• Look Back in Anger (1959) — Mrs. Tanner
• The Queen of Spades (1949) — The Old Countess Ranevskaya
• The Slipper and the Rose (1976) — Dowager Queen
• The Chalk Garden (1964) — Mrs. St. Maugham
• Fitzwilly (1967) — Miss Victoria Woodworth
• The Whisperers (1967) — Mrs Ross
• A Doll's House (1973) — Anne-Marie
• Craze (1974) — Aunt Louise
• Young Cassidy (1965) — Lady Gregory
• Prudence and the Pill (1968) — Roberta Bates
• David Copperfield (1969) — Aunt Betsy Trotwood
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) — Josephine
• Nasty Habits (1977) — Sister Hildegard
• The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) — Merri
• East Is East (1916) — Aunt
• Crooks and Coronets (1969) — Lady Sophie Fitzmore
• Upon This Rock (1970) — Queen Christina (voice)