Edith Evans
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Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 188814 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).
, 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.
Her first stage appearance was with Miss Massey's 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 a 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
.
Her career spanned sixty years during which she played over 150 different roles, in works by Shakespeare
, Congreve
, Ibsen
, Wycherley
, Wilde
and dramatists of her era including George Bernard Shaw
, Enid Bagnold
, Christopher Fry
, and Noël Coward
. She created six of Shaw's characters: 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 (in particular for her drippingly sarcastic delivery of the line: "A handbag?"). In 1964 she appeared as Judith Bliss in a revival of Hay Fever
by Noël Coward, directed by the playwright himself, for the National Theatre Company
at the Old Vic.
and The Last Days of Dolwyn
. She was the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1970 musical version of Scrooge starring Albert Finney
.
Edith Evans made her American television debut in 1961 in Jean Anouilh
's comedy, Time Remembered with Christopher Plummer.
In 1925, Edith Evans married George (Guy) Booth. He died a decade later from a brain tumor. There were no children of this marriage, and Evans never remarried.
painted Edith Evans as Katharina, the lead character in Shakespeare
's romantic comedy, The Taming of the Shrew
.
Henry Glintenkamp painted Edith Evans in 1922; the portrait was sold as part of her estate at Sotheby's in 1977.
A sculpted head of her was for many years on display at the Royal Court Theatre
, London.
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).
Her ashes rest at St Paul's, Covent Garden
, London
. There is a blue plaque
outside her house at 109 Ebury Street
, London.
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
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
(both on stage and in the 1952 film), and Miss Western in the 1963 film of Tom Jones
Tom Jones (film)
Tom Jones is a 1963 British adventure comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , starring Albert Finney as the titular hero. It was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards...
. By contrast, she played a poverty-stricken old woman in one of her most acclaimed film roles, in The Whisperers
The Whisperers
The Whisperers is a 1967 British drama film directed by Bryan Forbes. It is based on the 1961 novel by Robert Nicolson.- Plot :The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress...
(1967).
Theatre
Edith Evans was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 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
Pimlico
Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster. Like Belgravia, to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture....
, before being apprenticed at the age of 15 in 1903 as a milliner.
Her first stage appearance was with Miss Massey's Shakespeare Players in the role of Viola in Twelfth Night in October 1910. In 1912 she was discovered by the noted producer William Poel
William Poel
William Poel was an English actor, theatrical manager and dramatist best known for his presentations of Shakespeare.-Life and career:...
and made her first professional appearance for Poel in August of that year, playing the role of Gautami in a sixth-century Hindu classic, Sakuntala
Sakùntala
La leggenda di Sakùntala is a three-act opera by Franco Alfano, who wrote his own libretto, basing his work on Kalidasa's 5th-century BC drama Abhijñānaśākuntalam .-Première, Loss, Reconstruction, Rediscovery:...
. She received much attention with her performance as Cressida in Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. It was also described by Frederick S. Boas as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus...
in London and subsequently at Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, Congreve
William Congreve
William Congreve was an English playwright and poet.-Early life:Congreve was born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England . His parents were William Congreve and his wife, Mary ; a sister was buried in London in 1672...
, Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
, Wycherley
William Wycherley
William Wycherley was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer.-Biography:...
, Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
and dramatists of her era including George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
, Enid Bagnold
Enid Bagnold
Enid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones, CBE , known by her maiden name as Enid Bagnold, was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor....
, Christopher Fry
Christopher Fry
Christopher Fry was an English playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, notably The Lady's Not for Burning, which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.-Early life:...
, and Noël Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
. She created six of Shaw's characters: the Serpent, the Oracle, the She-Ancient, and the Ghost of the Serpent in Back to Methuselah
Back to Methuselah
Back to Methuselah , by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface and a series of five plays: In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 , The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day, The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170, Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000, and As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D...
(1923); Orinthia in The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza is a 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw. It is satirical comedy about several political philosophies which are expounded by the characters, often in lengthy monologue...
(1929); and Epifania in The Millionairess
The Millionairess
The Millionairess is a 1960 British romantic comedy film set in London, directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers...
(1940). Other performances which many considered definitive were as Millamant in The Way of the World
The Way of the World
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London...
(1924), Rosalind in As You Like It
As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
(1926 and 1936), the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
(1932, 1934, 1935, and 1961), and, most notably, as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
(1939), a role with which she became identified in the public's mind (in particular for her drippingly sarcastic delivery of the line: "A handbag?"). In 1964 she appeared as Judith Bliss in a revival of Hay Fever
Hay Fever
Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York...
by Noël Coward, directed by the playwright himself, for the National Theatre Company
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
at the Old Vic.
Film
Edith Evans had begun her film career in 1915, but was noted mostly for her stage work until she appeared in the 1949 films The Queen of SpadesThe Queen of Spades (1949 film)
The Queen of Spades is a fantasy-horror film based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. It stars Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell. A poor Russian officer tries to learn the secret of an aged countess's success at the card table.Despite a limited budget, it was...
and The Last Days of Dolwyn
The Last Days of Dolwyn
The Last Days of Dolwyn is a 1949 British drama film directed by Russell Lloyd and Emlyn Williams and starring Edith Evans, Richard Burton and Anthony James...
. She was the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1970 musical version of Scrooge starring Albert Finney
Albert Finney
Albert Finney is an English actor. He achieved prominence in films in the early 1960s, and has maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television....
.
Edith Evans made her American television debut in 1961 in Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...
's comedy, Time Remembered with Christopher Plummer.
In 1925, Edith Evans married George (Guy) Booth. He died a decade later from a brain tumor. There were no children of this marriage, and Evans never remarried.
Portraits
Walter SickertWalter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert , born in Munich, Germany, was a painter who was a member of the Camden Town Group in London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the 20th century....
painted Edith Evans as Katharina, the lead character in Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's romantic comedy, The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
.
Henry Glintenkamp painted Edith Evans in 1922; the portrait was sold as part of her estate at Sotheby's in 1977.
A sculpted head of her was for many years on display at the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
, London.
Edith Evans was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(DBE) in 1946. She also received four honorary degrees from the universities of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
(1950), Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
(1951), Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
(1954) and Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
(1968).
Her ashes rest at St Paul's, Covent Garden
St Paul's, Covent Garden
St Paul's Church, also commonly known as the Actors' Church, is a church designed by Inigo Jones as part of a commission by Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in 1631 to create "houses and buildings fitt for the habitacons of Gentlemen and men of ability" in Covent Garden, London, England.As well...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. There is a blue plaque
Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker....
outside her house at 109 Ebury Street
Ebury Street
Ebury Street is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster, London. It runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road. The odd numbers run from 1 to 231 on the east side and even numbers 2 to 230 on the west side...
, London.
Theatre
- 1909-10: Bad Girl of the Family, The Grand Theatre, Southampton
- 1912-13: Elizabeth Cooper, Haymarket
- 1917-18: Manfred, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- 1919: Merchant of Venice, Royal Court Theatre
- 1920-21: Mother Eve, Ambassadors Theatre
- 1920-21: Witch of Edmonton,The Lyric, Hammersmith
- 1922-23: Rumour, The Globe Theatre
- 1923-24: Way of the World, The Lyric, Hammersmith
- 1923-24: Adding Machine, The Strand Theatre
- 1924: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- 1924-25: Midsummer Night's Dream, Drury Lane
- 1925-26: Much Ado About Nothing, Old Vic
- 1925-26: She Stoops To Conquer Old Vic
- 1925-26: Julius Caesar, Old Vic
- 1925-26: As You Like It, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Shoemaker's Holiday, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Taming of the Shrew,Old Vic
- 1925-26: Antony and Cleopatra, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Measure for Measure, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Child in Flanders,Old Vic
- 1925-26: Everyman, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Merchant of Venice,Old Vic
- 1925-26: Richard III, Old Vic
- 1925-26: Merry Wives of Windsor,Old Vic
- 1925-26: Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic
- 1926-27: Rosmersholm, Kingsway Theatre
- 1927: The Way of The World, Wyndham's Theatre
- 1927-28: Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic
- 1928-29: Apple Cart, The Malvern Theatre, Worcestershire
- 1929-30: Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic
- 1931: O.H.M.S., Arts Theatre, New Theatre
- 1931-32: Twelfth Night, Old Vic
- 1931-32: Shakespeare Birthday Festival, Old Vic
- 1931-32: Othello, Old Vic
- 1933: The Late Christopher Bean, St.James's Theatre
- 1935-36: Romeo and Juliet, New Theatre
- 1936-37: Taming of The Shrew, New Theatre
- 1936-37: Witch of Edmonton, Old Vic
- 1936-37: As You Like It, Old Vic; New Theatre
- 1936-37: Country Wife, Old Vic
- 1937: The Taming of The Shrew, New Theatre
- 1937-38: Robert's Wife, Globe Theatre
- 1938-39: Importance of Being Earnest, The Globe Theatre
- 1939-40: Importance of Being Earnest, The Prince's Theatre, Bristol
- 1946: Anthony and Cleopatra, Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Piccadilly Theatre
- 1949: Daphne Loreola, Wyndham's Theatre
- 1951: Waters of The Moon, Theatre Royal, Haymarket
- 1954: The Dark is Light Enough, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Opera House, Manchester; Aldwych Theatre
- 1957: The Chalk Garden, Theatre Royal, Haymarket
- 1962 (4 March): Programme of Poetry and music, Aldwych
- 1963: Gentle Jack, Queen's Theatre
- 1964: Hay Fever, Old Vic National Theatre
- 1965: The Chinese Prime Minister by Enid Bagnold,Globe
- 1968 (Feb):Aerial Football and The Black Girl in Search of God, Mermaid Theatre
- 1974: Edith Evans …and Friends, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Honeymoon for Three Honeymoon for Three Honeymoon for Three is a 1915 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey.-Cast:* Charles Hawtrey as Prince Ferdinand* Elisabeth Risdon as Molly Van Dam* Fred Groves as Cornelius V. Van Dam* A. V. Bramble as Duke of Monte Casa... |
||
| A Welsh Singer A Welsh Singer A Welsh Singer is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Campbell Gullan and Florence Turner. It was based on a novel by Allen Raine. A Welsh shepherd falls in love with a local girl Myfanwy... |
Mrs. Pomfrey | ||
| 1916 | East Is East East Is East (1916 film) East Is East is a 1916 British silent film drama directed by Henry Edwards, who also starred in the film with Florence Turner. The film is an early example of the plot premise which would prove very popular in the British silent film canon: that of a character from the working-class East End of... |
Aunt | |
| 1949 | The Queen of Spades The Queen of Spades (1949 film) The Queen of Spades is a fantasy-horror film based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. It stars Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell. A poor Russian officer tries to learn the secret of an aged countess's success at the card table.Despite a limited budget, it was... |
The Old Countess Ranevskaya | |
| The Last Days of Dolwyn The Last Days of Dolwyn The Last Days of Dolwyn is a 1949 British drama film directed by Russell Lloyd and Emlyn Williams and starring Edith Evans, Richard Burton and Anthony James... |
Merri | aka Women of Dolwyn | |
| 1952 | The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film) The Importance of Being Earnest is a British film adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, who also adapted the screenplay, and was produced by Teddy Baird.-Adaptation:... |
Lady Augusta Bracknell | |
| 1958 | Look Back in Anger Look Back in Anger (film) Look Back in Anger is a 1959 British film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson.It is based on John Osborne's play of the same name about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man , his upper-middle-class, impassive wife , and... |
Mrs. Tanner | |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story The Nun's Story (film) The Nun's Story is a 1959 Warner Brothers film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn. Based upon the 1956 novel of the same title by Kathryn Hulme, the story tells of the life of Sister Luke , a young Belgian woman who decides to enter a convent and make the many sacrifices... |
Rev. Mother Emmanuel | (as Dame Edith Evans) National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress The National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review.-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| 1963 | Tom Jones Tom Jones (film) Tom Jones is a 1963 British adventure comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , starring Albert Finney as the titular hero. It was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards... |
Miss Western | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 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 to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the... Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best British Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :... |
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden The Chalk Garden The Chalk Garden is a play by Enid Bagnold that premiered on Broadway in 1955. The play tells the story of Mrs. St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under Miss Madrigal's care. The setting of the play was inspired by Bagnold's own garden at North End House in Rottingdean, near... |
Mrs. St. Maugham | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress The National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review.-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 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 to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the... Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best British Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :... |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy Young Cassidy Young Cassidy is a 1965 film directed by Jack Cardiff and John Ford, and starring Rod Taylor. The film is a biographical drama based upon the life of the playwright Sean O'Casey.-Plot:... |
Lady Gregory | |
| 1967 | The Whisperers The Whisperers The Whisperers is a 1967 British drama film directed by Bryan Forbes. It is based on the 1961 novel by Robert Nicolson.- Plot :The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress... |
Mrs. Maggie Ross | BAFTA Award for Best British Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :... Silver Bear for Best Actress Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*... (Berlin 17th Berlin International Film Festival The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 23 to July 4, 1967.-Jury:* Thorold Dickinson * Rüdiger von Hirschberg* Knud Leif Thomsen* Michel Aubriant* Sashadhar Mukerjee* Aleksandar Petrović* Willard Van Dyke... ) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.-1940s:-1950s:- 1960s :- 1970s :- 1980s :- 1990s :- 2000s :-2010s:... New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-1930s:-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress 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 to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... |
| Fitzwilly Fitzwilly Fitzwilly is a 1967 film by Delbert Mann, based on Poyntz Tyler's novel, A Garden of Cucumbers, adapted for the screen by Isobel Lennart... |
Miss Victoria Woodworth | ||
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill Prudence and the Pill Prudence and the Pill is a 1968 British comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was directed by Fielder Cook and Ronald Neame and produced by Kenneth Harper and Ronald J. Kahn from a screenplay by Hugh Mills, based on his own novel... |
Lady Roberta Bates | |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot The Madwoman of Chaillot (film) The Madwoman of Chaillot is a 1969 American satirical comedy-drama film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. It was directed by Bryan Forbes and produced by Ely A. Landau with Anthony B. Unger as associate producer... |
Josephine | |
| Crooks and Coronets Crooks and Coronets Crooks and Coronets is a 1969 British crime comedy film and/or heist movie written and directed by Jim O'Connolly. It starred Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Warren Oates, Cesar Romero and Harry H... |
Lady Sophie Fitzmore | ||
| 1970 | Scrooge | Ghost of Christmas Past | |
| 1973 | A Doll's House A Doll's House (1973 Garland film) A Doll's House is a 1973 British film, directed by Patrick Garland. It is based on Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House.-Cast:* Claire Bloom - Nora Helmer* Anthony Hopkins - Torvald Helmer* Ralph Richardson - Dr... |
Anne-Marie | |
| El caballo torero | |||
| 1974 | Craze | Aunt Louise | |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose The Slipper and the Rose The Slipper and the Rose is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. This film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976.... |
Dowager Queen | |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Sister Hildegard |