Acting · Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK · Born November 27, 1903
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968). She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978). In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease. Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940. She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.
MovieDecember Flower
1984
as Mary Grey
MovieCharles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Queen Mother
MoviePygmalion
1981
as Mrs. Pearce
Celebrity Playhouse
1981
as Mrs. Pearce
TVBrideshead Revisited
1981
as Nanny Hawkins
TVShillingbury Tales
1981
as Marjorie Cavendish
TVTherese Raquin
1980
as Madame Raquin
MovieThe London Connection
1979
as Aunt Lydia
MovieStevie
1978
as Aunt
TVThe Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as Ethel Duckworth
MovieThe Blue Bird
1976
as Grandmother
MovieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Mrs. Jarley
MovieIdentikit
1974
as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
TVCentre Play
1973
as Hilda
MovieO Lucky Man!
1973
as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
I Spy a Stranger
1972
as Mrs. Hudson
MovieWhat Became of Jack and Jill?
1972
as Gran Alice Tallent
TVSix Days of Justice
1972
as Chairman of the Bench
MovieHome
1972
as Kathleen
TVPlay for Today
1970
Poor Mother
1970
as Sister
MovieFragment of Fear
1970
as Mrs. Gray
MovieThe Games
1970
as Mrs. Hayes
MovieThe Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as Mrs. Jarley
MovieThe Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Mother
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Mrs. Fumble
Movieif....
1968
as Matron
Number Ten
1968
as Julia Pryton
MovieMrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Mrs. Brown
MovieTwo a Penny
1967
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Julia Pyrton
MovieCasino Royale
1967
as Tea Lady (uncredited)
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Mrs. Hudson
MovieThe Third Day
1965
as Catherine Parsons
MovieThe Collector
1965
as Aunt Annie
MovieFerry Cross the Mersey
1965
as Aunt Lil
MovieOne Way Pendulum
1965
as Aunt Mildred
MovieMy Fair Lady
1964
as Mrs. Pearce
MovieNight Must Fall
1964
as Mrs. Bramson
MovieBilly Liar
1963
as Alice Fisher
MovieOperation Stogie
1962
as Lady Cormorant
MovieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
as Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
MovieThe Brides of Dracula
1960
as Helga Lang
TVKnight Errant Limited
1959
as Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy
MovieCount Your Blessings
1959
as Nanny
MovieA Cry from the Streets
1958
as Mrs. Daniels
Son of a Stranger
1958
MovieStranger in Town
1957
as Agnes Smith
MovieThe Good Companions
1957
as Mrs. Joe
MovieIt's Great to be Young!
1956
as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
MovieCircus Friends
1956
as Miss Linstead
MovieLoser Takes All
1956
as Nurse (uncredited)
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Harriet
MovieYield to the Night
1956
as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
MovieLost
1956
as Librarian
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieCast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Monica Bare
MovieJohn and Julie
1955
as Miss Rendlesham
MovieTo Dorothy, a Son
1954
as Midwife Appleby
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Aunt Lydia
MovieBetrayed
1954
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieAdventure in the Hopfields
1954
as Mrs. McBain
MovieMonsieur Ripois
1954
as Landlady
MovieDoctor in the House
1954
as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
MovieThe Million Pound Note
1954
as Mum with Pram
MovieJohnny on the Run
1953
as Mrs MacGregor
MovieThe Gambler and the Lady
1952
as Miss Minter
Probation Officer
1950
as Mrs. Mead
Dark Interval
1950
MovieDouble Confession
1950
as Fussy Mother
MovieAdam and Evelyne
1949
as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
MovieMaytime in Mayfair
1949
as Lady Levenson
MovieOnce Upon a Dream
1949
as Vicar's Wife
MovieThe Winslow Boy
1948
as Miss Barnes
