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Edith Evans

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1888-02-08

Day of Death

1976-10-14

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Edith Evans

Biography

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.

Filmography (25)

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nothing Like a Dame

2018
⭐ 5.0 Role: Sister Hildegard

Nasty Habits

1977
⭐ 6.9 Role: Dowager Queen

The Slipper and the Rose

1976
⭐ 5.1 Role: Aunt Louise

Craze

1974
⭐ 5.6 Role: Anne-Marie

A Doll's House

1973
⭐ 6.8 Role: Ghost of Christmas Past

Scrooge

1970
⭐ 9.0 Role: Queen Christina (voice)

Upon This Rock

1970
⭐ 5.6 Role: Aunt Betsy Trotwood

David Copperfield

1969
⭐ 7.3 Role: Josephine

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969
⭐ 8.5 Role: Lady Sophie Fitzmore

Crooks and Coronets

1969
⭐ 5.7 Role: Roberta Bates

Prudence and the Pill

1968
⭐ 0 Role: Self

The New Cinema

1968
⭐ 6.2 Role: Miss Victoria Woodworth

Fitzwilly

1967
⭐ 6.5 Role: Mrs Ross

The Whisperers

1967
⭐ 6.4 Role: Lady Gregory

Young Cassidy

1965