Edith Evanson

Known for ActingBorn 1896-04-26Died 1980-11-29Tacoma, Washington, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Girl Trouble

Anatomy of an Accident

The Leather Saint

Studio 57

The Wonderful World of Disney

Rope

Citizen Kane

Ace in the Hole

Rope Unleashed

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Big Heat

The Day the Earth Stood Still

About Mrs. Leslie

Shane

Marnie

I Remember Mama

Fun on a Weekend

Caged

The Damned Don't Cry

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The Split

Woman of the Year

The Moon Is Down

You Gotta Stay Happy

Madame Bovary

The Quiet Gun

Rawhide

Blossoms in the Dust

Désirée

Union Station

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Twice-Told Tales

Orchestra Wives

Life with Henry

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Reunion in France

The Company She Keeps

Cheyenne

The Strange Woman

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Jade Mask

Don't Gamble with Strangers

Singapore

Perfect Strangers

The Young Stranger

Forever Amber

The Notorious Lone Wolf