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Edith Evans is a Actor British born on 8 february 1888 at London (United-kingdom)
Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films towards the beginning and end of her career.
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 premieres of two others: Heartbreak House (1921) and Back to Methuselah (1923).
Evans became widely known for portraying haughty aristocratic women, as in two of her most famous roles: Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Miss Western in the 1963 film of Tom Jones. By contrast, she played a downtrodden maid in The Late Christopher Bean (1933), a deranged, impoverished old woman in The Whisperers (1967) and – one of her most celebrated roles – the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, which she played in four productions between 1926 and 1961.
Sa première apparition sur scène a lieu dans le rôle de Viola de La Nuit des rois en octobre 1910. En 1912, elle est remarquée par le producteur William Poel qui lui propose son premier engagement professionnel en août de la même année, dans le rôle de Gautami de Sakuntala, un classique hindou du VI siècle, puis Cressida dans Troilus et Cressida à Londres et à Stratford-upon-Avon.
Au cours de sa carrière qui s'étend sur 60 ans, elle joue plus de 150 rôles incluant de nombreuses œuvres de William Shakespeare, William Congreve, Henrik Ibsen, William Wycherley, Oscar Wilde, et des auteurs contemporains tels Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry et Coward. De Shaw, elle crée Back to Methuselah (Le Serpent, L'Oracle, l'Ancienne et le Fantôme du Serpent) en 1923, The Apple Cart (Orinthia) en 1929 et The Millionairess (Epifania) en 1940. Parmi ses succès, Millamant dans Le Train du monde (The Way of the World) (1924), Rosalind dans As You Like It (1926 et 1936), la nourrice dans Roméo et Juliette (1932, 1934, 1935, et 1961), et surtout Lady Bracknell dans Il importe d'être Constant (1939), rôle qui marque l'esprit du public.
En 1964, elle apparaît dans la reprise de Hay Fever (Judith Bliss) de Noel Coward, mise en scène par Coward lui-même, au National Theatre.
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Birth name Edith Mary Evans
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 february 1888 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 14 october 1976 (at 88 years) at Cranbrook (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 february 1888 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 14 october 1976 (at 88 years) at Cranbrook (United-kingdom)
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 premieres of two others: Heartbreak House (1921) and Back to Methuselah (1923).
Evans became widely known for portraying haughty aristocratic women, as in two of her most famous roles: Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Miss Western in the 1963 film of Tom Jones. By contrast, she played a downtrodden maid in The Late Christopher Bean (1933), a deranged, impoverished old woman in The Whisperers (1967) and – one of her most celebrated roles – the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, which she played in four productions between 1926 and 1961.
Biography
Née à Londres, d'Edward Evans et Caroline Ellen Foster, elle étudie à St Michael's Church of England, Pimlico, avant de suivre un apprentissage à l'âge de 15 ans en 1903 en tant que modiste.Sa première apparition sur scène a lieu dans le rôle de Viola de La Nuit des rois en octobre 1910. En 1912, elle est remarquée par le producteur William Poel qui lui propose son premier engagement professionnel en août de la même année, dans le rôle de Gautami de Sakuntala, un classique hindou du VI siècle, puis Cressida dans Troilus et Cressida à Londres et à Stratford-upon-Avon.
Au cours de sa carrière qui s'étend sur 60 ans, elle joue plus de 150 rôles incluant de nombreuses œuvres de William Shakespeare, William Congreve, Henrik Ibsen, William Wycherley, Oscar Wilde, et des auteurs contemporains tels Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry et Coward. De Shaw, elle crée Back to Methuselah (Le Serpent, L'Oracle, l'Ancienne et le Fantôme du Serpent) en 1923, The Apple Cart (Orinthia) en 1929 et The Millionairess (Epifania) en 1940. Parmi ses succès, Millamant dans Le Train du monde (The Way of the World) (1924), Rosalind dans As You Like It (1926 et 1936), la nourrice dans Roméo et Juliette (1932, 1934, 1935, et 1961), et surtout Lady Bracknell dans Il importe d'être Constant (1939), rôle qui marque l'esprit du public.
En 1964, elle apparaît dans la reprise de Hay Fever (Judith Bliss) de Noel Coward, mise en scène par Coward lui-même, au National Theatre.
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Nasty Habits (1977)
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Genres Comedy
Actors Glenda Jackson, Rip Torn, Jerry Stiller, Geraldine Page, Edith Evans, Sandy Dennis
Roles Sister Hildegard
Rating59%
At the little-known and extremely wealthy Abbey of Philadelphia the Abbess, Sister Hildegard, is dying. She wishes her favorite, Sister Alexandra, to succeed her but dies moments before she can make her endorsement public. Alexandra conspires with Sisters Gertrude and Walburga to win the coming election, and to defeat her rival, Sister Felicity, who is openly carrying on an affair with a Jesuit priest, Father Thomas. Alexandra orders hidden microphones and cameras installed throughout the convent, and even hires a pair of Jesuit students, Gregory and Ambrose, to break in and steal Thomas's compromising letters from Sister Felicity's sewing box. The break-in is discovered, but the real meaning is kept hidden and Alexandra wins the election by a landslide. Once she is made Abbess, Alexandra expels and excommunicates Felicity, who begins a very public campaign to topple Alexandra. At the same time, the publicity brings the abbey to the attention of the Holy See, which discovers that the order is an unofficial one, with no actual ties to the Roman Catholic Church. To make matters worse, Gregory and Ambrose blackmail Gertrude and Walburga, who send the bungling Sister Winifred to pay them off only to have the whole scandal made public.
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
, 2h23Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Les fées, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Gemma Craven, Richard Chamberlain, John Turner, Michael Hordern, Edith Evans, Margaret Lockwood
Roles Dowager Queen
Rating68%
This is a musical twist on the classic love story of Cinderella and Prince Charming. Prince Edward of Euphrania returns home after being sent to meet the princess Selena, whom his parents have arranged for him to marry. However, The Prince reveals he did not propose to the princess he was visiting, and angrily denounces arranged marriages ("Why Can't I Be Two People?"). Edward decides to tell his parents that he wants to marry for love. They, however, are more interested in the political side ("What Has Love Got to Do with Being Married?"). They fail to sway the prince, however.
Craze (1974)
, 1h36Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Trevor Howard, Hugh Griffith
Roles Aunt Louise
Rating50%
Invasion From Inner Earth (1974)
, 1h34Directed by Freddie Francis, Bill Rebane
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Diana Dors, Jack Palance, Hugh Griffith, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Trevor Howard
Rating27%
A group of pilots in the Canadian wilderness begin to hear strange reports over their radios about planes crashing, cars stalling, and a deadly plague which has gripped the planet. As the plot continues, it's clear that Earth is in the midst of an invasion. The pilots barracade themselves in a cabin in the woods and wait for impending doom.
A Doll's House (1973)
, 1h45Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliott, Edith Evans, Anna Massey
Roles Anne-Marie
Rating63%
Nora, le personnage principal, est mariée à l'autoritaire et contrôlant Torvald Helmer. Les deux ont une coexistence assez heureuse jusqu'à ce que des actions passées et des forces extérieures fassent prendre conscience à Nora que sa situation n'est peut-être pas aussi idyllique qu'elle le pensait.
Scrooge (1970)
, 2hDirected by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin, Laurence Naismith
Roles Ghost of Christmas Past
Rating74%
Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is a cold-hearted and greedy old miser whose only concern is money and profit and hates everything to do with Christmas. After Scrooge scares off a group of boys who were singing a carol outside his door, his nephew Fred (Michael Medwin) arrives to invite him to Christmas dinner with his wife and friends. Scrooge, however, refuses. After Fred leaves, Scrooge gives his clerk Bob Cratchit (David Collings) the next day off as it is Christmas, but he expects him back all the earlier the next morning. Bob meets two of his children, including Tiny Tim (Richard Beaumont), in the streets, and they buy the food for their Christmas dinner. Scrooge, meanwhile, is surveyed by two other men (Derek Francis and Roy Kinnear) for a donation for the poor but Scrooge refuses to support the prisons and workhouses and even says "if they rather die, then they better do it and decrease the surplus population." On his way home, Scrooge meets some of his clients, including Tom Jenkins (Anton Rogers), and reminds them the debts they owe him. In a running gag, Scrooge is stalked and being made fun of by the same street urchins seen at the start of the film, calling him "Father Christmas.
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
, 2h12Directed by John Huston, Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Oskar Homolka, Margaret Leighton, Yul Brynner, Giulietta Masina
Roles Josephine
Rating60%
The story is of a modern society endangered by power and greed and the rebellion of the "little people" against corrupt and soulless authority.
David Copperfield (1969)
, 1h58Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robin Phillips, Richard Attenborough, Ralph Richardson, Ron Moody, Cyril Cusack, Laurence Olivier
Roles Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Rating58%
Charles Dickens' Immortal Story of a Young Man's Journey to Maturity. This version finds David Copperfield (Robin Phillips) as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach. In flashback, David remembers his life in 19th century England, as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school. He relives his struggle to overcome the loss of his idyllic childhood and the torment inflicted by his hated step-father after his mother’s death. Then virtually abandoned on the streets of Victorian London, David Copperfield is flung into manhood and contends bravely with the perils of big-city corruption and vice; hardships which ultimately fuel his triumph as a talented and successful writer.
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Heist films
Actors Telly Savalas, Warren Oates, Edith Evans, Cesar Romero, Harry H. Corbett, David Lodge
Roles Lady Sophie Fitzmore
Rating59%
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
, 1h32Directed by Ronald Neame, Fielder Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Joyce Redman, Robert Coote, Judy Geeson, Irina Demick
Roles Roberta Bates
Rating57%
The film portrays the conflicting and comical attempts by five couples to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills. All of their efforts are ultimately unsuccessful, with the result that all five of the women give birth the following year.
Fitzwilly (1967)
, 1h42Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Heist films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans, John McGiver, Harry Townes, John Fiedler
Roles Miss Victoria Woodworth
Rating65%
The Whisperers (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Edith Evans, Ronald Fraser, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Gerald Sim
Roles Mrs Ross
Rating71%
Mrs. Ross, an impoverished elderly eccentric living in a ground floor flat in an unnamed town in the North and dependent on welfare, is visited by her criminal son, who hides a package containing a large sum of stolen money in an unused bedroom. Thinking the money is a windfall intended for her, Mrs. Ross makes elaborate plans which she casually confides to a stranger, who pretends to befriend her but actually kidnaps her to obtain the money. Rendered drunk and turned into the elements by her captors, Mrs. Ross contracts pneumonia and barely recovers in hospital. Her sympathetic agent at the welfare bureau finds her and reunites her with her ne'er-do-well husband who deserted her decades ago. Motivated by his own need for stability, he moves back in with her but soon turns to crime, which forces him to flee and desert her again. Having been on the verge of a return to decent living, Mrs. Ross resumes her decayed status as a reclusive derelict of society.
Young Cassidy (1965)
, 1h50Directed by John Ford, Jack Cardiff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Jack MacGowran
Roles Lady Gregory
Rating64%
Set in 1911 and the growing protest against British rule in Ireland, young John Cassidy (Sean O'Casey) is a labourer by day and a pamphleteer by night. When the pamphlets he has written incite riots, Cassidy realizes he can do more for his people with the pen than with the sword. He writes a new play, The Plough and the Stars, which he submits to the Abbey Theatre (which had already rejected another of his plays, The Shadow of a Gunman), and is surprised when W.B. Yeats, the founder of the Abbey, accepts and produces his new play. The opening of the play causes the audience to riot, and he loses many friends; but he is undeterred and is soon acclaimed as Ireland's outstanding young playwright.
Tom Jones (1964)
, 2h8Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Diane Cilento, Joyce Redman
Roles Miss Western
Rating63%
The story begins with a silent film sequence during which the good Squire Allworthy (George Devine) returns home after a lengthy stay in London and discovers a baby (played by a girl, Lynn Goldsworthy) in his bed. Thinking that his barber, Mr. Partridge (Jack MacGowran), and one of his servants, Jenny Jones (Joyce Redman), have "birthed" the infant out of lust, the squire banishes them and chooses to raise little Tom Jones as if he were his own son.
The Chalk Garden (1964)
, 1h46Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans, Elizabeth Sellars, Felix Aylmer
Roles Mrs. St. Maugham
Rating71%
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed teenage granddaughter, who has seen off many previous governesses and who feels intense sexual jealousy and resentment of her beautiful mother.