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Evans, Edith (1888-1976)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
A WELSH SINGER1915Mrs Pomfrey
EAST IS EAST1916Aunt
THE LAST DAYS OF DOLWYN1949Merri
THE QUEEN OF SPADES1949the old countess
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST1952Lady Augusta Bracknell
THE NUN'S STORYUS, 1958Mother Emmanuel
LOOK BACK IN ANGER1959Mrs. Tanner
HARLEQUINADE1960cast member
TOM JONES1963Miss Western
THE CHALK GARDEN1964Mrs. St. Maugham
YOUNG CASSIDY1965Lady Gregory
NORMAN CONQUEST IN THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY1966cast member
THE WHISPERERS1966Maggie Ross
FITZWILLYUS, 1967Victoria Woodworth
PRUDENCE AND THE PILLUS, 1968Lady Roberta Bates
CROOKS AND CORONETS1969Lady Sophie Fitzmore
THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT1969Josephine of La Concorde
UPON THIS ROCK1970Queen Christina of Sweden
DAVID COPPERFIELD1970Betsy Trotwood
SCROOGE1970Ghost of Christmas Past
A DOLL'S HOUSE1973Anne Marie
CRAZE1973Aunt Louise
THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE THE STORY OF CINDERELLA1976Dowager Queen
NASTY HABITS1976Abbess Hildegarde
 
Television credits
 
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTITV tx 22/9/1955Lady Augusta Bracknell
TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE: A Question of FactITV tx 12/11/1955Mrs Smith
TV PLAYHOUSE: The Old LadiesITV tx 14/1/1956Mrs Agatha Payne
SALUTE TO SHOW BUSINESSITV tx 20/9/1957performer
BBC TELEVISION WORLD THEATRE: The Dark Is Light EnoughBBC tx 26/1/1958cast member
SUNDAY-NIGHT THEATRE: Waters of the MoonBBC tx 27/12/1959Helen Lancaster
PLAY OF THE WEEK: Hay FeverITV tx 24/5/1960Judith Bliss
TIME REMEMBEREDBBC tx 15/5/1961Duchess
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WASBBC tx 13/4/1963guest
FAREWELL TO THE VICBBC tx 15/6/1963interviewee
GOLDEN DRAMAITV tx 31/1/1965cast member
THE EAMONN ANDREWS SHOWITV tx 8/5/1966guest
BEFORE THE FRINGEBBC2 tx 20/3/1967on-screen participant
LATE NIGHT LINE-UPBBC2 tx 20/3/1967interviewee
OMNIBUS: Edith Evans: A Birthday TributeBBC1 tx 16/1/1968subject of programme
THE GAMBLERBBC2 tx 17 & 24/2/1968 (2 pts)Grandmamma
LATE NIGHT LINE-UPBBC2 tx 17/2/1968interviewee
TEMPO: The Actor and the Role: Edith EvansITV tx 17/3/1968Lady Pitts
CINEMA SPECIAL: The British Film Academy AwardsITV tx 29/3/1968award recipient
ELLEN TERRYBBC2 tx 16/1/1969interviewee
A TIME TO REMEMBER: The Time of the SuffragettesITV tx 14/5/1969narrator
OMNIBUS: The Actor's Changing FaceBBC1 tx 25/5/1969interviewee
RED PEPPERSBBC1 tx 15/12/1969Mabel Grace
THE HASSALLSBBC1 tx 16/11/1971on-screen participant
THE BRITISH SCREEN AWARDSBBC1 tx 16/11/1971on-screen participant
I CAUGHT ACTING LIKE THE MEASLES - EDITH EVANSITV tx 6/3/1973subject of programme
THAT'S LIFE 1974BBC1 tx 28/12/1974on-screen participant
PARKINSONBBC1 tx 15/11/1975interviewee
CLAPPERBOARDITV tx 3/1/1977interviewee