Edith Evanson
Acting • Born 1896-04-26 – Died 1980-11-29
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.
Filmography
60 credits
Marnie
Movie • 1964
Rita
Rope
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Wilson
Shane
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Shipstead
Woman of the Year
Movie • 1942
Alma
Rope Unleashed
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Castleman
I Remember Mama
Movie • 1948
Aunt Sigrid
The Jade Mask
Movie • 1945
Louise Harper
Singapore
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Barnes
Drango
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Blackford
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Movie • 1955
Josie (uncredited)
Madame Bovary
Movie • 1949
Mother Superior (uncredited)
The Redhead and the Cowboy
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Barrett
About Mrs. Leslie
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Fine
The Clown and the Kid
Movie • 1961
Mother Superior
Elephant Stampede
Movie • 1951
Miss Banks
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Martin
Désirée
Movie • 1954
Queen Hedwig
The Young Stranger
Movie • 1957
Lottie (uncredited)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie • 1959
Innkeeper
Girl Trouble
Movie • 1942
June's Maid
The Moon Is Down
Movie • 1943
Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
Caged
Movie • 1950
Miss Barker (uncredited)
Life with Henry
Movie • 1941
Anna (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie • 1940
Hannah
Rawhide
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie • 1946
Olga - Carla's Maid
Twice-Told Tales
Movie • 1963
Lisabetta, the landlady
The Big Heat
Movie • 1953
Selma Parker
Forever Amber
Movie • 1947
Sarah
Ace in the Hole
Movie • 1951
Miss Deverich (uncredited)
Orchestra Wives
Movie • 1942
Hilda
Citizen Kane
Movie • 1941
Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
The Soul of a Monster
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Silver Star
Movie • 1955
Belle Dowdy
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Hilda
The Leather Saint
Movie • 1956
Stella
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Crockett, landlady
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Movie • 1947
Rose's Assistant
The Strange Woman
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
The Magnificent Yankee
Movie • 1950
Annie Gough
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Racknell
Reunion in France
Movie • 1942
Genevieve
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Movie • 1960
Aunt Olive
Mysterious Intruder
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 1950
Mary Travers
Union Station
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
The Split
Movie • 1968
Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
Penelope
Movie • 1966
Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
The Quiet Gun
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Merrick
The Company She Keeps
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
Anatomy of an Accident
Movie • 1961
Carrie Tibbles
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Fielding
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Lady with suitcase
State Trooper
TV • 1956
Emily Brandywine
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Elizabeth Quill
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Mrs. Meers
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Aunt Olive
Studio 57
TV • 1954