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Edith Evans

Feb 08, 1888 - Oct 14, 1976 (88 years old) in London, England, UK

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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).

 

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The Oscars
Self
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Omnibus
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
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Craze
Aunt Louise
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The Nun's Story
Rev. Mother Emmanuel
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Young Cassidy
Lady Gregory
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Look Back in Anger
Mrs. Tanner
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The Slipper and the Rose
Dowager Queen
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
Josephine
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc

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