Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/8/1888
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
Эдит ЭвансEdith Mary Evans
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...
Known For
Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Tom Jones
as Miss Western
David Copperfield
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
The Nun's Story
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Nasty Habits
as Sister Hildegard
Young Cassidy
as Lady Gregory
Craze
as Aunt Louise
The Queen of Spades
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
Look Back in Anger
as Mrs. Tanner
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Merri
Fitzwilly
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
The Chalk Garden
as Mrs. St. Maugham
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Josephine
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
Prudence and the Pill
as Roberta Bates
A Doll's House
as Anne-Marie
Upon This Rock
as Queen Christina (voice)
Crooks and Coronets
as Lady Sophie Fitzmore