Mona Washbourne
- Recitazione
- 27 novembre 1903 · Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
- 15 novembre 1988
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968). She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978). In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease. Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940. She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.
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Filmografia
- December Flower · Mary Grey
- Where's the Key? · Mother
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story · Queen Mother
- Pygmalion · Mrs. Pearce
- Celebrity Playhouse · Mrs. Pearce
- Ritorno a Brideshead · Nanny Hawkins
- Shillingbury Tales · Marjorie Cavendish
- Therese Raquin · Madame Raquin
- The London Connection · Aunt Lydia
- Stevie · Aunt
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse · Ethel Duckworth
- Il giardino della felicità · Grandmother
- The Old Curiosity Shop · Mrs. Jarley
- Identikit · Mrs. Helen Fiedke
- Centre Play · Hilda
- O Lucky Man! · Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
- I Spy a Stranger · Mrs. Hudson
- What Became of Jack and Jill? · Gran Alice Tallent
- Six Days of Justice · Chairman of the Bench
- Home · Kathleen
- Play for Today
- Poor Mother · Sister
- Frammenti di paura · Mrs. Gray
- I formidabili · Mrs. Hayes
- The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens · Mrs. Jarley
- Wicked Women · Mama
- Mutazioni · Mother
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Mrs. Fumble
- Se... · Matron
- Number Ten · Julia Pryton
- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter · Mrs. Brown
- Two a Penny
- ITV Playhouse · Julia Pyrton, Mary
- James Bond 007 - Casino Royale · Tea Lady (uncredited)
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Mrs. Hudson
- The Third Day · Catherine Parsons
- Il collezionista · Aunt Annie
- Ferry Cross the Mersey · Aunt Lil
- One Way Pendulum · Aunt Mildred
- My Fair Lady · Mrs. Pearce
- La doppia vita di Dan Craig · Mrs. Bramson
- Billy il bugiardo · Alice Fisher
- Operation Stogie · Lady Cormorant
- Eri tu l'amore · Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
- Le spose di Dracula · Helga Lang
- Knight Errant Limited · Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy
- Il marito latino · Nanny
- A Cry from the Streets · Mrs. Daniels
- Son of a Stranger
- Stranger in Town · Agnes Smith
- The Good Companions · Mrs. Joe
- It's Great to be Young! · Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
- Circus Friends · Miss Linstead
- Amami... e non giocare · Nurse (uncredited)
- Armchair Theatre · Harriet
- Gli uomini condannano · Mrs. Thomas, landlady
- 999 Scotland Yard · Librarian
- Matinee Theater
- La poltrona vuota · Monica Bare
- John and Julie · Miss Rendlesham
- To Dorothy, a Son · Midwife Appleby
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Aunt Lydia
- Controspionaggio · Waitress (uncredited)
- Adventure in the Hopfields · Mrs. McBain
- Monsieur Ripois · Landlady
- Quattro in medicina · Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
- Il forestiero · Mum with Pram
- Johnny on the Run · Mrs MacGregor
- Morte di un gangster · Miss Minter
- Probation Officer · Mrs. Mead
- Dark Interval
- Double Confession · Fussy Mother
- Adamo ed Evelina · Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
- Il paradiso delle donne · Lady Levenson
- Once Upon a Dream · Vicar's Wife
- Tutto mi accusa · Miss Barnes