
Edith Evans
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1888-02-08 ā 1976-10-14
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 ā 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). Ā Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

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