From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edith Evanson (née Carlson; April 29, 1896 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress of film, character and television during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She was born in Tacoma, Washington, where her father was a Protestant church clergyman (a religion to which she adhered throughout her life). Her first job was as a court reporter in Bellingham. On March 15, 1923, she married Morris Otto Evanson (1893-1975). The couple had no children Her first film role came in The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) in an uncredited role. In the 1940s she was in supporting roles mostly as a maid, a busybody, landladies, or middle-aged secretaries. Some of her other film roles include parts in Citizen Kane (1941), Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Woman of the Year (1942), Reunion in France (1942), The Strange Woman (1947), I Remember Mama (1948), Rope (1948), The Damned Don't Cry (1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Disney's Toby Tyler (1960). During her time in Hollywood, she co-starred opposite some of its greatest legends, including Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Orson Welles, Joan Crawford, Michael Rennie, Glenn Ford, Patricia Neal, James Stewart, Irene Dunne, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Hedy Lamarr. With the coming of television in the late 1940s she expanded in her career appearing on such shows as You Are There, The Loretta Young Show, Chevron Hall of Stars, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, The Millionaire, Zane Grey Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Frank Sinatra Show, Bachelor Father, Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, and Lassie. Following her retirement, she lived in Riverside, California, until her death from heart failure on November 29, 1980. Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Filmography

• Emergency! — Emma Lenover
• 1968The Split — Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
• 1966Penelope — Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1964Marnie — Rita
• 1963Twice-Told Tales — Lisabetta, the landlady
• 1961Anatomy of an Accident — Carrie Tibbles
• 1961The Clown and the Kid — Mother Superior
• 1960Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus — Aunt Olive
• 1959Journey to the Center of the Earth — Innkeeper
• 1957Drango — Mrs. Blackford
• 1957The Quiet Gun — Mrs. Merrick
• 1957The Young Stranger — Lottie (uncredited)
• Wagon Train — Granny Henry
• State Trooper — Emily Brandywine
• 1956The Leather Saint — Stella
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Lady with suitcase
• Cheyenne — Elizabeth Quill
• 1955The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing — Josie (uncredited)
• 1955The Silver Star — Belle Dowdy
• 1954About Mrs. Leslie — Mrs. Fine
• 1954Désirée — Queen Hedwig
• Studio 57
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Aunt Olive
• 1953Shane — Mrs. Shipstead
• 1953The Big Heat — Selma Parker
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse — Mrs. Meers
• 1953The Stranger Wore a Gun — Mrs. Martin
• 1951Ace in the Hole — Miss Deverich (uncredited)
• 1951Elephant Stampede — Miss Banks
• 1951Rawhide — Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
• 1951The Company She Keeps — Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
• 1951The Day the Earth Stood Still — Mrs. Crockett
• 1951The Redhead and the Cowboy — Mrs. Barrett
• 1950Caged — Miss Barker (uncredited)
• 1950Perfect Strangers — Mary Travers
• 1950The Damned Don't Cry — Mrs. Castleman
• 1950The Magnificent Yankee — Annie Gough
• 1950Union Station — Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
• 1949Madame Bovary — Mother Superior (uncredited)
• 1948I Remember Mama — Aunt Sigrid
• 1948Rope — Mrs. Wilson
• 1948You Gotta Stay Happy — Mrs. Racknell
• 1947Forever Amber — Sarah
• 1947Fun on a Weekend — Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1947Singapore — Mrs. Barnes
• 1947The Corpse Came C.O.D. — Rose's Assistant
• 1946Don't Gamble with Strangers — Mrs. Fielding
• 1946Mysterious Intruder — Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
• 1946The Notorious Lone Wolf — Olga - Carla's Maid
• 1946The Strange Woman — Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
• 1945The Jade Mask — Louise Harper
• 1944The Soul of a Monster — Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
• 1943The Moon Is Down — Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
• 1943There's Something About a Soldier
• 1942Girl Trouble — June's Maid
• 1942Orchestra Wives — Hilda
• 1942Reunion in France — Genevieve
• 1942Woman of the Year — Alma
• 1941Blossoms in the Dust — Hilda
• 1941Citizen Kane — Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
• 1941Life with Henry — Anna (uncredited)
• 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Hannah

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2001Rope Unleashed — Self (archive footage)