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Edith Carlson
Edith Evanson
Acting
Biography
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Edith Evanson (née Carlson; April 29, 1896 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress of film, character and television during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
She was born in Tacoma, Washington, where her father was a Protestant church clergyman (a religion to which she adhered throughout her life). Her first job was as a court reporter in Bellingham.
On March 15, 1923, she married Morris Otto Evanson (1893-1975). The couple had no children
Her first film role came in The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) in an uncredited role. In the 1940s she was in suppor…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
The Split
as Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
Penelope
as Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
Marnie
as Rita
Twice-Told Tales
as Lisabetta, the landlady
Anatomy of an Accident
as Carrie Tibbles
The Clown and the Kid
as Mother Superior
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Aunt Olive
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Innkeeper
Drango
as Mrs. Blackford
