Edith Evans
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1888-02-08
- Died
- 1976-10-14
- Works
- 37
Top works
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Film & TV
Acting · London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was a British actress. She was known for her work on the British stage. She also appeared in a number of films, for which she received three Academy Award nominations, plus a BAFTA and a Golden Globe award. Evans was particularly effective at portraying haughty aristocratic ladies, as in two of…
Known for
- Nothing Like a Dame — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2018
- Nasty Habits — Sister Hildegard1977
- The Slipper and the Rose — Dowager Queen1976
- Craze — Aunt Louise1974
- QB VII — Dr. Parmentier1974
- A Doll's House — Anne-Marie1973
- Scrooge — Ghost of Christmas Past1970
- Upon This Rock — Queen Christina (voice)1970
- David Copperfield — Aunt Betsy Trotwood1969
- The Madwoman of Chaillot — Josephine1969
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 772
- Total plays
- 3,937
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
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- Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay
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- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
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- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
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- Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
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Key facts
- Born
- Edith Mary Evans , ( 1888-02-08 ) 8 February 1888, Pimlico , London , England
- Died
- 14 October 1976 (1976-10-14) (aged 88), Cranbrook, Kent , England
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1910–1976
- Spouse
- George Booth ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; died 1935 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 8 February 1888
- Died
- 14 October 1976
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edith
- Family name
- Evans
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Cranbrook
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Dame Edith Mary Evans (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the West End stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Evans's stage career spanned sixty years, during which she played more than 100 roles, in classics by Shakespeare, Congreve, Goldsmith, Sheridan and Wilde, and plays by contemporary writers including Bernard Shaw, Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry and Noël Coward. She created roles in two of Shaw's plays: Orinthia in The Apple Cart (1929), and Epifania in The Millionairess (1940) and was in the British premières of two others: Heartbreak House (1921) and Back to Methuselah (1923).
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