Mona Washbourne
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968). She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978). In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease. Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940. She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.
Filmography
Series
Play for Today
1970
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
ITV Playhouse
Julia Pyrton
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Mary
1967
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mrs. Hudson
1965
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mrs. Fumble
1969
Series
Centre Play
Hilda
1973
Series
Brideshead Revisited
Nanny Hawkins
1981
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Aunt Lydia
1954
Film
Casino Royale
Tea Lady (uncredited)
1967
Film
My Fair Lady
Mrs. Pearce
1964
Film
The Brides of Dracula
Helga Lang
1960
Series
Wicked Women
Mama
1970
Series
Six Days of Justice
Chairman of the Bench
1972
Film
The Million Pound Note
Mum with Pram
1954
Series
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Ethel Duckworth
1977
Series
Shillingbury Tales
Marjorie Cavendish
1981
Film
The Collector
Aunt Annie
1965
Series
Armchair Theatre
Harriet
1956
Series
Knight Errant Limited
Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy
1959
Celebrity Playhouse
Mrs. Pearce
1981
Series
Therese Raquin
Madame Raquin
1980
Film
if....
Matron
1968
Film
O Lucky Man!
Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
1973
Film
The Blue Bird
Grandmother
1976
Film
The Bed Sitting Room
Mother
1969
Film
Betrayed
Waitress (uncredited)
1954
Film
Where's the Key?
Mother
1983
Film
Billy Liar
Alice Fisher
1963
Film
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Jarley
1975
Film
The Winslow Boy
Miss Barnes
1948
Film
Doctor in the House
Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
1954
Film
Fragment of Fear
Mrs. Gray
1970
Film
Yield to the Night
Mrs. Thomas, landlady
1956
Film
Count Your Blessings
Nanny
1959
Film
Identikit
Mrs. Helen Fiedke
1974
Film
Cast a Dark Shadow
Monica Bare
1955
Film
No Love for Johnnie
Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1961
Film
Home
Kathleen
1972
Probation Officer
Mrs. Mead
1950
Film
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mrs. Brown
1968
Film
To Dorothy, a Son
Midwife Appleby
1954
Film
Pygmalion
Mrs. Pearce
1981
Film
The Gambler and the Lady
Miss Minter
1952
Film
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Queen Mother
1982
Film
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Mrs. Jarley
1970
Film
Monsieur Ripois
Landlady
1954
Film
It's Great to be Young!
Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
1956
Film
Johnny on the Run
Mrs MacGregor
1953
Film
The Third Day
Catherine Parsons
1965
Film
The Games
Mrs. Hayes
1970
Film
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Gran Alice Tallent
1972
Film
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Aunt Lil
1965
Film
Once Upon a Dream
Vicar's Wife
1949
Film
A Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Daniels
1958
Film
Adventure in the Hopfields
Mrs. McBain
1954
Film
John and Julie
Miss Rendlesham
1955
Film
Loser Takes All
Nurse (uncredited)
1956
I Spy a Stranger
Mrs. Hudson
1972
Film
Lost
Librarian
1956
Film
Adam and Evelyne
Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
1949
Film
Two a Penny
1967
Film
Maytime in Mayfair
Lady Levenson
1949
Film
Night Must Fall
Mrs. Bramson
1964
Film
One Way Pendulum
Aunt Mildred
1965
Film
The Good Companions
Mrs. Joe
1957
Son of a Stranger
1958
Film
December Flower
Mary Grey
1984
Film
Double Confession
Fussy Mother
1950
Film
Operation Stogie
Lady Cormorant
1962
Film
The London Connection
Aunt Lydia
1979
Film
Stevie
Aunt
1978
Film
Stranger in Town
Agnes Smith
1957
Film
Circus Friends
Miss Linstead
1956
Number Ten
Julia Pryton
1968
Poor Mother
Sister
1970
Dark Interval
1950