Actor
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 19 ...

Known For
Acting
2018 -- Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
1977 -- Nasty Habits | Sister Hildegard
1976 -- The Slipper and the Rose | Dowager Queen
1974 -- Craze | Aunt Louise
1973 -- A Doll's House | Anne-Marie
1970 -- Scrooge | Ghost of Christmas Past
1970 -- Upon This Rock | Queen Christina (voice)
1969 -- David Copperfield | Aunt Betsy Trotwood
1969 -- The Madwoman of Chaillot | Josephine
1969 -- Crooks and Coronets | Lady Sophie Fitzmore
1968 -- Prudence and the Pill | Roberta Bates
1968 -- The New Cinema | Self
1967 -- Fitzwilly | Miss Victoria Woodworth
1967 -- The Whisperers | Mrs Ross
1965 -- Young Cassidy | Lady Gregory
1964 -- The Chalk Garden | Mrs. St. Maugham
1963 -- Tom Jones | Miss Western
1959 -- Look Back in Anger | Mrs. Tanner
1959 -- The Nun's Story | Rev. Mother Emmanuel
1952 -- The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell
1949 -- The Last Days of Dolwyn | Merri
1949 -- The Queen of Spades | The Old Countess Ranevskaya
1916 -- East Is East | Aunt
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