Edith Evanson
- Interprétation
- 26 avril 1896 · Tacoma, Washington, USA
- 29 novembre 1980
Biographie
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.
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Filmographie
- Rope Unleashed · En personne
- Emergency! · Emma Lenover
- Le Crime, c'est notre Business · Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
- Les Plaisirs de Pénélope · Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
- Pas de printemps pour Marnie · Rita
- Trio de terreur · Lisabetta, the landlady
- The Clown and the Kid · Mother Superior
- Anatomy of an Accident · Carrie Tibbles
- Le Clown et l'Enfant · Aunt Olive
- Voyage au centre de la Terre · Innkeeper
- Wagon Train · Granny Henry
- The Quiet Gun · Mrs. Merrick
- The Young Stranger · Lottie (uncredited)
- Le pays de la haine · Mrs. Blackford
- State Trooper · Emily Brandywine
- The Leather Saint · Stella
- Alfred Hitchcock présente · Lady with suitcase
- La Fille sur la balançoire · Josie (uncredited)
- Cheyenne · Elizabeth Quill
- The Silver Star · Belle Dowdy
- Désirée · Queen Hedwig
- Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (Disneyland - Walt Disney Présente - Le Monde Merveilleux De Disney En Couleurs ) · Aunt Olive
- Studio 57
- About Mrs. Leslie · Mrs. Fine
- Règlement de comptes · Selma Parker
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse · Mrs. Meers
- Les Massacreurs du Kansas · Mrs. Martin
- L'Homme des vallées perdues · Mrs. Shipstead
- Elephant Stampede · Miss Banks
- Le Jour où la Terre s'arrêta · Mrs. Crockett
- Le Gouffre aux chimères · Miss Deverich (uncredited)
- L'Attaque de la malle-poste · Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
- L'homme du Missouri · Mrs. Barrett
- The Company She Keeps · Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Yankee · Annie Gough
- Midi, gare centrale · Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
- Femmes en cage · Miss Barker (uncredited)
- L'Esclave du gang · Mrs. Castleman
- Perfect Strangers · Mary Travers
- Madame Bovary · Mother Superior (uncredited)
- L'Extravagante Mlle Dee · Mrs. Racknell
- Tendresse · Aunt Sigrid
- La Corde · Mrs. Wilson
- Ambre · Sarah
- Singapour · Mrs. Barnes
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. · Rose's Assistant
- Fun on a Weekend · Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
- Le Démon de la chair · Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
- Don't Gamble with Strangers · Mrs. Fielding
- Mysterious Intruder · Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf · Olga - Carla's Maid
- The Jade Mask · Louise Harper
- The Soul of a Monster · Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
- There's Something About a Soldier
- The Moon Is Down · Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
- Quelque part en France · Genevieve
- Girl Trouble · June's Maid
- Orchestra Wives · Hilda
- La Femme de l'année · Alma
- Les Oubliés · Hilda
- Citizen Kane · Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
- Life with Henry · Anna (uncredited)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Hannah