Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Birthday: 1896-04-26

Deathday: 1980-11-29

Place of birth: Tacoma, Washington, USA

Also known as: Edith Carlson

imdb_id: nm0263330

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.

Played in movies:

Citizen Kane

Score: 8.0

Rope

Score: 7.9

Ace in the Hole

Score: 7.9

The Big Heat

Score: 7.7

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Score: 7.4

Shane

Score: 7.4

Marnie

Score: 7.1

I Remember Mama

Score: 7.1

Caged

Score: 7.1

The Damned Don't Cry

Score: 7.1

Fun on a Weekend

Score: 7.0

About Mrs. Leslie

Score: 7.0

Rope Unleashed

Score: 6.9

Woman of the Year

Score: 6.9

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Score: 6.9

Madame Bovary

Score: 6.8

Rawhide

Score: 6.7

The Moon Is Down

Score: 6.7

The Split

Score: 6.7

Blossoms in the Dust

Score: 6.6

You Gotta Stay Happy

Score: 6.5

Girl Trouble

Score: 6.5

Désirée

Score: 6.4

Union Station

Score: 6.4

The Quiet Gun

Score: 6.4

Reunion in France

Score: 6.4

Perfect Strangers

Score: 6.2

Twice-Told Tales

Score: 6.2

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

Score: 6.2

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Score: 6.1

The Strange Woman

Score: 6.1

Forever Amber

Score: 6.1

Singapore

Score: 6.1

The Jade Mask

Score: 6.1

Orchestra Wives

Score: 6.0

The Company She Keeps

Score: 5.9

Mysterious Intruder

Score: 5.9

The Young Stranger

Score: 5.8

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Score: 5.7

Penelope

Score: 5.6

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Score: 5.5

The Magnificent Yankee

Score: 5.4

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Score: 5.4

Drango

Score: 5.4

Elephant Stampede

Score: 5.1

The Silver Star

Score: 5.0

The Soul of a Monster

Score: 5.0

Life with Henry

Score: 5.0

The Redhead and The Cowboy

Score: 4.9

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Score: 4.0

The Clown and the Kid

Score: 1.0

The Leather Saint

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

State Trooper

Score: 5.0

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Score: 0.0