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Edith Mary Evans
Edith Evans
Acting
Biography
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nasty Habits
as Sister Hildegard
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
Craze
as Aunt Louise
A Doll's House
as Anne-Marie
Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Upon This Rock
as Queen Christina (voice)
David Copperfield
as Aunt Betsy Trotwood
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Josephine
Crooks and Coronets
as Lady Sophie Fitzmore
