Edith Evans Overview:

Actress, Edith Evans, was born Edith Mary Evans on Feb 8, 1888 in London, UK. Evans died at the age of 88 on Oct 14, 1976 in Cranbrook, Kent and was laid to rest in St Pauls Churchyard Cemetery in London, England.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Evans was nominated for three Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1963Best Supporting ActressTom Jones (1963)Miss WesternNominated
1964Best Supporting ActressThe Chalk Garden (1964)Mrs. St. MaughamNominated
1967Best ActressThe Whisperers (1967)Mrs. RossNominated
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Edith Evans Quotes:

Mrs. Tanner: We had lots of fun, him and me. Being alive, just being alive. That's enough for an old girl like me. Chewing the cud and having a little of what you fancy.


Lady Bracknell: A handbag!


Lady Bracknell: I would strongly advise you, Mr. Worthing, to try and acquire some relations as soon as possible, and to make a definite effort to produce at any rate one parent, of either sex, before the season is quite over.
Jack Worthing: Well, I don't see how I could possibly manage to do that, Lady Bracknell. I can produce the hand-bag at any moment. It is in my dressing-room at home. I really think that should satisfy you, Lady Bracknell.
Lady Bracknell: Me, sir! What has it to do with me? You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a girl brought up with the utmost care - to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel? Good morning, Mr. Worthing!


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In 1964, she accepted the Oscar for "Best Director" on behalf of Tony Richardson (her Director for Tom Jones (1963)), who wasn't present at the awards ceremony.

Was a Christian Scientist.

After being nominated twice as Best Supporting Actress in the previous four years, she was considered the favorite for the 1967 Best Actress Oscar for The Whisperers (1967), with Faye Dunaway cast by the media as her strongest competition. They both lost, to Katharine Hepburn, who rode a wave of sentiment to her second of four Oscars, after the death of her long-time lover and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) co-star, Spencer Tracy.

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