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

Tom Jones

as Miss Western

The Nun's Story

as Rev. Mother Emmanuel

Scrooge

as Ghost of Christmas Past

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Lady Bracknell

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Look Back in Anger

as Mrs. Tanner

The Oscars

as Self

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

The Queen of Spades

as The Old Countess Ranevskaya