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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 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.
Known For
Scrooge
as Ghost of Christmas Past
The Nun's Story
as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Craze
as Aunt Louise
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Jones
as Miss Western
The Slipper and the Rose
as Dowager Queen
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
Fitzwilly
as Miss Victoria Woodworth
Look Back in Anger
as Mrs. Tanner
The Queen of Spades
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
