Edith Evans
Born	Edith Mary Evans February 8, 1888 London, England
Died	October 14, 1976 (aged 88) Kent, England
Spouse(s)	George Booth (1925-1935)
Awards won BAFTA Awards Best Actress 1967 The Whisperers Golden Globe Awards Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1968 The Whisperers

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Born in London, the daughter of Edward Evans, a civil servant, and his wife, Caroline Ellen Foster. She was educated at St Michael's Church of England School, Pimlico, before being apprenticed at the age of 15 in 1903 as a milliner. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster that is primarily residential and well known for its collection of small hotels. ... A milliner is a person who designs, makes, or sells womens hats. ...

Her first stage appearance was with Miss Massey's Streatham Shakespeare Players in the role of Viola in Twelfth Night in October 1910. In 1912 she was discovered by the noted producer William Poel and made her first professional appearance for Poel in August of that year, playing the role of Gautami in an obscure sixth-century Hindu classic, Sakuntala. She received much attention with her performance as Cressida in Troilus and Cressida in London and subsequently at Stratford upon Avon. Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom . ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... William Poel (1852-1934) was an English actor and theatrical manager, known for his presentation of old plays. ... Shakuntala, a painting by Raja Ravi Varma In Hindu mythology Shakuntala was considered to be the mother of Emperor Bharata and wife of Dushyanta who was founder of Paurav vansha. ... For the Chaucer poem, see Troilus and Criseyde. ... This article is about the town in south Warwickshire. ...

Her distinguished career which spanned sixty years and during which she played over 150 different roles, included numerous works by Shakespeare, Congreve, Ibsen, Wycherley, Wilde, and contemporary playwrights including Shaw, Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry and Coward. She created six of the characters of George Bernard Shaw: the Serpent, the Oracle, the She-Ancient, and the Ghost of the Serpent in Back to Methuselah (1923); Orinthia in The Apple Cart (1929); and Epifania in The Millionairess (1940). Other performances which many considered definitive were as Millamant in The Way of the World (1924), Rosalind in As You Like It (1926 and 1936), the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (1932, 1934, 1935, and 1961), and, most notably, as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of being Earnest (1939), a role with which she became identified in the public's mind. Shakespeare redirects here. ... William Congreve (January 24, 1670 – January 19, 1729) was an English playwright and poet. ... Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828–May 23, 1906) was an extremely influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama. ... William Wycherley in 1675. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was a world-renowned Irish author. ... Enid Bagnold, Lady Jones (October 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981) was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet, filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. ... Christopher Fry (born December 18, 1907; died June 30, 2005) was an English playwright. ... Noël Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an Academy Award winning English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) is a 1921 series of five plays and a preface by George Bernard Shaw. ... The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza is a 1929 play by George Bernard Shaw. ... The Millionairess is a 1960 romantic comedy film starring Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren set in London. ... Oxford Playhouse production of The Way of the World; 13 to 17 April, 2004 The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. ... Walter Deverell,The Mock Marriage of Orlando and Rosalind, 1853 William Shakespeares As You Like It is a pastoral comedy written in 1599 or early 1600. ... For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see The Importance of Being Earnest (disambiguation). ...

Filmography

She had begun her film career in 1915, but was noted mostly for her stage work until she appeared in the 1949 film The Last Days of Dolwyn. From then until close to her death, she made several acclaimed films, including the following:

• 1952 The Importance of Being Earnest
• 1958 Look Back in Anger
• 1959 The Nun's Story
• 1963 Tom Jones (nominated for Best Supporting Actress)
• 1964 The Chalk Garden (nominated for Best Supporting Actress)
• 1967 The Whisperers (for which she received The Golden Bear for the Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress)
• 1967 Fitzwilly
• 1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
• 1969 Crooks and Coronets
• 1970 Scrooge
• 1973 A Doll's House
• 1976 The Slipper and the Rose
• 1977 Nasty Habits

Edith Evans also made many television appearances The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1952 British film adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. ... Look Back in Anger is a 1958 British film starred by Richard Burton,Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson. ... The Nuns Story is the title of a dramatic film that was released by Warner Bros. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold is: A 1955 Broadway play produced by Irene M. Selznick. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The Whisperers is a 1966 film which tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who lives in a fantasy world in which she is an heiress. ... The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and the world. ... The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and the world. ... Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Fitzwilly is a 1967 film by Delbert Mann, based on Poyntz Tylers novel, A Garden of Cucumbers, adapted for the screen by Isobel Lennart. ... The Madwoman of Chaillot is a 1969 satirical comedy-drama film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros-Seven Arts. ... Scrooge was a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. ... A Dolls House is a 1973 British movie, directed by Patrick Garland. ... The Slipper and the Rose (1976) (143 min) is a British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. ...

Portraits

Walter Sickert painted Edith Evans as Katharina, the lead character in Shakespeare's romantic comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. A sculpted head of her was for many years on display at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (May 31, 1860 in Munich (Germany) – January 22, 1942) was an English impressionist painter. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Taming of the Shrew by Augustus Egg The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ...

Edith Evans was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1946. She also received four honorary degrees from the universities of London (1950), Cambridge (1951), Oxford (1954), and Hull (1968). The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... Website http://www. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. ... The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Venn Building The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university located in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull), a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ...

Her ashes rest at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London. There is a blue plaque outside her house at 109 Ebury Street, London. St Pauls Church, also commonly known as the Actors Church, is a church located in Covent Garden, London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ... Mozart Terrace Bronze statue of Mozart Plaque to Mozart Plaque to Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson Plaque to Edith Evans Ebury Street is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster London. ...

Trivia

In the 1997 movie Love! Valour! Compassion!, Jason Alexander's (homosexual) character declares, presumably tongue-in-cheek, that Dame Edith Evans and Deborah Kerr are the only heterosexual British actresses. Love! Valour! Compassion! is a 1995 play by Terrence McNally following the summer of a group of gay men and their family and friends at a summer home in New York. ... Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a Jewish American television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. ... Deborah Kerr, CBE (September 30, 1921 – October 16, 2007) was a Golden Globe Award-winning Scottish actress who was also awarded an honorary Academy Award and BAFTA recognition. ...

References

• 1977 - Ned's Girl by Bryan Forbes

Bryan Forbes, CBE (born John Theobald Clark on July 22, 1926 in London) is an English film director, actor and writer. ...

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• Edith Evans at the Internet Movie Database
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• Edith Evans biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Performances by Edith Evans listed in The Theatre Collection, University of Bristol
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