Edith Evans
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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).
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
18 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Sister Hildegard | Film |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose | Dowager Queen | Film |
| 1974 | Craze | Aunt Louise | Film |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Ghost of Christmas Past | Film |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Josephine | Film |
| 1969 | David Copperfield | Aunt Betsy Trotwood | Film |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Roberta Bates | Film |
| 1967 | The Whisperers | Mrs Ross | Film |
| 1967 | Fitzwilly | Miss Victoria Woodworth | Film |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Lady Gregory | Film |
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden | Mrs. St. Maugham | Film |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | Miss Western | Film |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Mrs. Tanner | Film |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Rev. Mother Emmanuel | Film |
| 1952 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Film |
| 1949 | The Last Days of Dolwyn | Merri | Film |
| 1949 | The Queen of Spades | The Old Countess Ranevskaya | Film |
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