Edith Evanson
- Recitazione
- 26 aprile 1896 · Tacoma, Washington, USA
- 29 novembre 1980
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Rope Unleashed · In persona
- Emergency! · Emma Lenover
- I sei della grande rapina · Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
- Penelope, la magnifica ladra · Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
- Marnie · Rita
- L'esperimento del dottor Zagros · Lisabetta, the landlady
- The Clown and the Kid · Mother Superior
- Anatomy of an Accident · Carrie Tibbles
- Toby Tyler · Aunt Olive
- Viaggio al centro della Terra · Innkeeper
- Carovane verso il west · Granny Henry
- The Quiet Gun · Mrs. Merrick
- Colpevole innocente · Lottie (uncredited)
- Drango · Mrs. Blackford
- State Trooper · Emily Brandywine
- The Leather Saint · Stella
- Alfred Hitchcock presenta · Lady with suitcase
- L'altalena di velluto rosso · Josie (uncredited)
- Cheyenne · Elizabeth Quill
- The Silver Star · Belle Dowdy
- Désirée · Queen Hedwig
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Aunt Olive
- Studio 57
- Addio signora Leslie · Mrs. Fine
- Il grande caldo · Selma Parker
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse · Mrs. Meers
- Lo straniero ha sempre una pistola · Mrs. Martin
- Il cavaliere della valle solitaria · Mrs. Shipstead
- Elephant Stampede · Miss Banks
- Ultimatum alla Terra · Mrs. Crockett
- L'asso nella manica · Miss Deverich (uncredited)
- L'uomo dell'est · Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
- Il messaggio del rinnegato · Mrs. Barrett
- N.N. vigilata speciale · Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Yankee · Annie Gough
- L'ultima preda · Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
- Prima colpa · Miss Barker (uncredited)
- I dannati non piangono · Mrs. Castleman
- Intermezzo matrimoniale · Mary Travers
- Madame Bovary · Mother Superior (uncredited)
- Devi essere felice · Mrs. Racknell
- Mamma ti ricordo! · Aunt Sigrid
- Nodo alla gola · Mrs. Wilson
- Ambra · Sarah
- Singapore · Mrs. Barnes
- Il segreto di Mary Harrison · Rose's Assistant
- Fun on a Weekend · Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
- Venere peccatrice · Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
- Don't Gamble with Strangers · Mrs. Fielding
- Mysterious Intruder · Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf · Olga - Carla's Maid
- Charlie Chan e la maschera di giada · Louise Harper
- The Soul of a Monster · Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
- There's Something About a Soldier
- La luna è tramontata · Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
- La grande fiamma · Genevieve
- Girl Trouble · June's Maid
- Orchestra Wives · Hilda
- La donna del giorno · Alma
- Fiori nella polvere · Hilda
- Quarto potere · Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
- Life with Henry · Anna (uncredited)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Hannah