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.

Filmography

• 1977Nasty Habits — Sister Hildegard
• 1976The Slipper and the Rose — Dowager Queen
• 1974Craze — Aunt Louise
• QB VII — Dr. Parmentier
• 1973A Doll's House — Anne-Marie
• 1970Scrooge — Ghost of Christmas Past
• 1970Upon This Rock — Queen Christina (voice)
• 1969Crooks and Coronets — Lady Sophie Fitzmore
• 1969David Copperfield — Aunt Betsy Trotwood
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Dame Maud Gosport
• 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot — Josephine
• 1968Prudence and the Pill — Roberta Bates
• 1967Fitzwilly — Miss Victoria Woodworth
• 1967The Whisperers — Mrs Ross
• 1965Young Cassidy — Lady Gregory
• 1964The Chalk Garden — Mrs. St. Maugham
• 1963Tom Jones — Miss Western
• 1959Look Back in Anger — Mrs. Tanner
• 1959The Nun's Story — Rev. Mother Emmanuel
• 1955ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall — Lady Bracknell
• 1952The Importance of Being Earnest — Lady Bracknell
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
• 1949The Last Days of Dolwyn — Merri
• 1949The Queen of Spades — The Old Countess Ranevskaya
• 1916A Welsh Singer — Mrs. Pomfrey
• 1916East Is East — Aunt

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2018Nothing Like a Dame — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Parkinson — Self - Guest (archive footage)
• 1968The New Cinema — Self
• Omnibus — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Oscars — Self