Edith Evanson

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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Shane 1953Film +1 als Mrs. Shipstead

Marnie 1964Film als Rita

Rope 1948Film als Mrs. Wilson

The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951Film als Mrs. Crockett

Rawhide 1951Film als Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)

Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959Film als Innkeeper

Désirée 1954Film als Queen Hedwig

The Big Heat 1953Film als Selma Parker

Madame Bovary 1949Film als Mother Superior (uncredited)

I Remember Mama 1948Film als Aunt Sigrid

Woman of the Year 1942Film als Alma

The Damned Don't Cry 1950Film als Mrs. Castleman

Reunion in France 1942Film als Genevieve

Twice-Told Tales 1963Film als Lisabetta, the landlady

The Stranger Wore a Gun 1953Film als Mrs. Martin

Penelope 1966Film als Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)

Blossoms in the Dust 1941Film als Hilda

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus 1960Film als Aunt Olive

You Gotta Stay Happy 1948Film als Mrs. Racknell

The Redhead and the Cowboy 1951Film als Mrs. Barrett

Perfect Strangers 1950Film als Mary Travers

The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946Film als Olga - Carla's Maid

The Young Stranger 1957Film als Lottie (uncredited)

The Soul of a Monster 1944Film als Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Jade Mask 1945Film als Louise Harper