Cast
Edith Evanson
Acting
Cast
Edith Evanson
Known for
Acting
Born
1896-04-26
From
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Died
1980-11-29
Also known as Edith Carlson
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.
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Citizen Kane
as Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
★7.9
MOVIE1948
Rope
as Mrs. Wilson
★7.3
MOVIE1953
Shane
as Mrs. Shipstead
★6.9
MOVIE1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as Innkeeper
★7.5
MOVIE1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Mrs. Crockett, landlady
★7.7
MOVIE1953
The Big Heat
as Selma Parker
★7.8
MOVIE1951
Ace in the Hole
as Miss Deverich (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1964
Marnie
as Rita
★6.7
MOVIE1968
The Split
as Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1947
Singapore
as Mrs. Barnes
★7.1
MOVIE1950
Caged
as Miss Barker (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Rawhide
as Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Madame Bovary
as Mother Superior (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Union Station
as Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1942
Woman of the Year
as Alma
★6.0
MOVIE1947
Forever Amber
as Sarah
★6.6
MOVIE1954
Désirée
as Queen Hedwig
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Hilda
★6.1
MOVIE1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as Josie (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Orchestra Wives
as Hilda
★6.2
MOVIE1946
The Strange Woman
as Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1943
The Moon Is Down
as Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Mrs. Martin
★5.4
MOVIE1966
Penelope
as Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Reunion in France
as Genevieve
★6.2
MOVIE1951
The Company She Keeps
as Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Aunt Olive
★6.3
MOVIE1963
Twice-Told Tales
as Lisabetta, the landlady
★5.4
MOVIE1943
There's Something About a Soldier
★5.9
MOVIE1957
The Young Stranger
as Lottie (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy
as Mrs. Barrett
★7.0
MOVIE1950
The Damned Don't Cry
as Mrs. Castleman
★6.0
MOVIE1950
Perfect Strangers
as Mary Travers
★7.4
MOVIE1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Fine
★7.2
MOVIE1948
I Remember Mama
as Aunt Sigrid
★5.9
MOVIE1946
Mysterious Intruder
as Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Hannah
★6.8
MOVIE1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Mrs. Racknell
★5.6
MOVIE1957
Drango
as Mrs. Blackford
★8.3
MOVIE1942
Girl Trouble
as June's Maid
★7.2
MOVIE1947
Fun on a Weekend
as Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Anatomy of an Accident
as Carrie Tibbles
★5.4
MOVIE1951
Elephant Stampede
as Miss Banks
★5.5
MOVIE1955
The Silver Star
as Belle Dowdy
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Life with Henry
as Anna (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1956
The Leather Saint
as Stella
★5.9
MOVIE1950
The Magnificent Yankee
as Annie Gough
★6.5
MOVIE1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Rose's Assistant
★6.0
MOVIE1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Olga - Carla's Maid
★6.1
MOVIE1945
The Jade Mask
as Louise Harper
★7.3
MOVIE2001
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
★4.0
MOVIE1961
The Clown and the Kid
as Mother Superior
★5.5
MOVIE1944
The Soul of a Monster
as Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1946
Don't Gamble with Strangers
as Mrs. Fielding
★6.6
MOVIE1957
The Quiet Gun
as Mrs. Merrick