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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 26, 1896
Died
November 29, 1980
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Edith Carlson
Edith Evanson
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed
2001
6.7
Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
The Split
1968
5.4
Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
Penelope
1966
7.1
Rita
Marnie
1964
6.2
Lisabetta, the landlady
Twice-Told Tales
1963
🎬
1.0
Mother Superior
The Clown and the Kid
1961
0.0
Carrie Tibbles
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
6.1
Aunt Olive
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
6.9
Innkeeper
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
6.4
Mrs. Merrick
The Quiet Gun
1957
Credits
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.9
The Split
as Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1968
6.7
Penelope
as Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
1966
5.4
Marnie
as Rita
1964
7.1
Twice-Told Tales
as Lisabetta, the landlady
1963
6.2
🎬
The Clown and the Kid
as Mother Superior
1961
1.0
Anatomy of an Accident
as Carrie Tibbles
1961
0.0
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Aunt Olive
1960
6.1
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Innkeeper
1959
6.9
The Quiet Gun
as Mrs. Merrick
1957
6.4
The Young Stranger
as Lottie (uncredited)
1957
5.8
Drango
as Mrs. Blackford
1957
5.4
🎬
State Trooper
as Emily Brandywine
1956
5.0
The Leather Saint
as Stella
1956
0.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lady with suitcase
1955
7.8
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as Josie (uncredited)
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Elizabeth Quill
1955
6.0
The Silver Star
as Belle Dowdy
1955
5.0
Désirée
as Queen Hedwig
1954
6.6
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Fine
1954
7.0
The Big Heat
as Selma Parker
1953
7.7
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Mrs. Meers
1953
7.0
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Mrs. Martin
1953
5.4
Shane
as Mrs. Shipstead
1953
7.4
Elephant Stampede
as Miss Banks
1951
5.1
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Mrs. Crockett, landlady
1951
7.5
Ace in the Hole
as Miss Deverich (uncredited)
1951
7.9
Rawhide
as Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
1951
6.7
The Redhead and the Cowboy
as Mrs. Barrett
1951
4.9
The Company She Keeps
as Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
1951
5.9
The Magnificent Yankee
as Annie Gough
1950
5.4
Union Station
as Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
1950
6.4
Caged
as Miss Barker (uncredited)
1950
7.1
The Damned Don't Cry
as Mrs. Castleman
1950
7.0
Perfect Strangers
as Mary Travers
1950
5.4
Madame Bovary
as Mother Superior (uncredited)
1949
6.7
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Mrs. Racknell
1948
6.4
I Remember Mama
as Aunt Sigrid
1948
7.1
Rope
as Mrs. Wilson
1948
7.9
Forever Amber
as Sarah
1947
6.0
Singapore
as Mrs. Barnes
1947
5.9
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Rose's Assistant
1947
5.7
Fun on a Weekend
as Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Strange Woman
as Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
1946
6.1
Mysterious Intruder
as Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
1946
5.9
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Olga - Carla's Maid
1946
5.5
The Jade Mask
as Louise Harper
1945
6.1
The Soul of a Monster
as Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1944
5.1
The Moon Is Down
as Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
1943
6.7
Reunion in France
as Genevieve
1942
6.4
Girl Trouble
as June's Maid
1942
6.5
Orchestra Wives
as Hilda
1942
6.3
Woman of the Year
as Alma
1942
6.9
Blossoms in the Dust
as Hilda
1941
6.6
Citizen Kane
as Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
1941
8.0
Life with Henry
as Anna (uncredited)
1941
5.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Hannah
1940
4.0