Edith Evans
Known for: Acting
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 old woman in one of her most acclaimed film roles, in The Whisperers (1967). Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Dame Maud Gosport
1969
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Parkinson
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2004
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
1951
Film
The Nun's Story
Rev. Mother Emmanuel
1959
Film
Scrooge
Ghost of Christmas Past
1970
Series
QB VII
Dr. Parmentier
1974
Film
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
1952
Film
The Slipper and the Rose
Dowager Queen
1976
Film
The Queen of Spades
The Old Countess Ranevskaya
1949
Film
Prudence and the Pill
Roberta Bates
1968
Film
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Film
Fitzwilly
Miss Victoria Woodworth
1967
Film
Tom Jones
Miss Western
1963
Film
A Doll's House
Anne-Marie
1973
Film
Look Back in Anger
Mrs. Tanner
1959
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall
Lady Bracknell
1955
Film
The New Cinema
Self
1968
Film
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Josephine
1969
Film
Crooks and Coronets
Lady Sophie Fitzmore
1969
Film
Upon This Rock
Queen Christina (voice)
1970
Film
The Chalk Garden
Mrs. St. Maugham
1964
A Welsh Singer
Mrs. Pomfrey
1916
Film
Craze
Aunt Louise
1974
Film
David Copperfield
Aunt Betsy Trotwood
1969
Film
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Merri
1949
Film
East Is East
Aunt
1916
Film
Nasty Habits
Sister Hildegard
1977
Film
Young Cassidy
Lady Gregory
1965
Film
The Whisperers
Mrs Ross
1967