Edith Evans
Dame Edith Mary Evans (
February 8,
1888 -
October 14,
1976) was a
British actress. Born in
London, she began a 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
1977, she made several acclaimed films, including
The Importance of Being Earnest,
The Whisperers (for which she was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress),
Tom Jones (nominated for
Best Supporting Actress),
The Slipper and the Rose,
The Nun's Story,
The Chalk Garden (nominated for
Best Supporting Actress),
The Madwoman of Chaillot,
Crooks and Coronets and
Nasty Habits.
Evans was knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1946.