Acting · Tacoma, Washington, USA · Born April 26, 1896
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.
MovieRope Unleashed
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Split
1968
as Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
MoviePenelope
1966
as Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
MovieMarnie
1964
as Rita
MovieTwice-Told Tales
1963
as Lisabetta, the landlady
The Clown and the Kid
1961
as Mother Superior
MovieAnatomy of an Accident
1961
as Carrie Tibbles
MovieToby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Aunt Olive
MovieJourney to the Center of the Earth
1959
as Innkeeper
MovieThe Quiet Gun
1957
as Mrs. Merrick
MovieThe Young Stranger
1957
as Lottie (uncredited)
MovieDrango
1957
as Mrs. Blackford
State Trooper
1956
as Emily Brandywine
MovieThe Leather Saint
1956
as Stella
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lady with suitcase
MovieThe Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955
as Josie (uncredited)
TVCheyenne
1955
as Elizabeth Quill
MovieThe Silver Star
1955
as Belle Dowdy
MovieDésirée
1954
as Queen Hedwig
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Aunt Olive
TVStudio 57
1954
MovieAbout Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Mrs. Fine
MovieThe Big Heat
1953
as Selma Parker
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Mrs. Meers
MovieThe Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Mrs. Martin
MovieShane
1953
as Mrs. Shipstead
MovieElephant Stampede
1951
as Miss Banks
MovieThe Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Mrs. Crockett
MovieAce in the Hole
1951
as Miss Deverich (uncredited)
MovieRawhide
1951
as Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
MovieThe Redhead and the Cowboy
1951
as Mrs. Barrett
MovieThe Company She Keeps
1951
as Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
MovieThe Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Annie Gough
MovieUnion Station
1950
as Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
MovieCaged
1950
as Miss Barker (uncredited)
MovieThe Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Mrs. Castleman
MoviePerfect Strangers
1950
as Mary Travers
MovieMadame Bovary
1949
as Mother Superior (uncredited)
MovieYou Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Mrs. Racknell
MovieI Remember Mama
1948
as Aunt Sigrid
MovieRope
1948
as Mrs. Wilson
MovieForever Amber
1947
as Sarah
MovieSingapore
1947
as Mrs. Barnes
MovieThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Rose's Assistant
MovieFun on a Weekend
1947
as Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieThe Strange Woman
1946
as Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
MovieDon't Gamble with Strangers
1946
as Mrs. Fielding
MovieMysterious Intruder
1946
as Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
MovieThe Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
as Olga - Carla's Maid
MovieThe Jade Mask
1945
as Louise Harper
MovieThe Soul of a Monster
1944
as Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
MovieThere's Something About a Soldier
1943
MovieThe Moon Is Down
1943
as Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
MovieReunion in France
1942
as Genevieve
MovieGirl Trouble
1942
as June's Maid
MovieOrchestra Wives
1942
as Hilda
MovieWoman of the Year
1942
as Alma
MovieBlossoms in the Dust
1941
as Hilda
MovieCitizen Kane
1941
as Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
MovieLife with Henry
1941
as Anna (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Hannah
