Film
Edith Evans had begun her film career in 1915, but was noted mostly for her stage work until she appeared in the 1949 films The Queen of Spades and The Last Days of Dolwyn. In 1952, she reprised her celebrated stage role as Lady Bracknell in Anthony Asquith's screen version of The Importance of Being Earnest. She continued to make occasional film appearances, usually in supporting roles, including such popular films as The Nun's Story (1959), Tom Jones (1963) and Scrooge (1970, as the Ghost of Christmas Past). Her performance as an old woman with a rich fantasy life in The Whisperers (1967) earned her a BAFTA best actress award and an Academy Award nomination. Edith Evans made her American television debut in 1961 in Jean Anouilh's comedy, Time Remembered with Christopher Plummer. Despite suffering a heart attack in the 1970s, she continued to appear in television dramas in the U.S. and the U.K. until shortly before her death.
In 1925, Edith Evans married George (Guy) Booth. He died a decade later from a brain tumour. There were no children of this marriage, and Evans never remarried.
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