
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1896-04-26
From
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Died
1980-11-29
Also known as Edith Carlson
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.

as Leland's Nurse (uncredited)

as Mrs. Wilson

as Mrs. Shipstead

as Innkeeper

as Mrs. Crockett, landlady

as Selma Parker

as Miss Deverich (uncredited)

as Rita

as Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

as Mrs. Barnes

as Miss Barker (uncredited)

as Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)

as Mother Superior (uncredited)

as Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)

as Alma

as Sarah

as Queen Hedwig

as Hilda

as Josie (uncredited)

as Hilda

as Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)

as Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)

as Mrs. Martin

as Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)

as Genevieve

as Mrs. Holman (uncredited)

as Aunt Olive

as Lisabetta, the landlady


as Lottie (uncredited)

as Mrs. Barrett

as Mrs. Castleman

as Mary Travers

as Mrs. Fine

as Aunt Sigrid

as Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)

as Hannah

as Mrs. Racknell

as Mrs. Blackford

as June's Maid

as Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)

as Carrie Tibbles

as Miss Banks

as Belle Dowdy

as Anna (uncredited)

as Stella

as Annie Gough

as Rose's Assistant

as Olga - Carla's Maid

as Louise Harper

as Self (archive footage)

as Mother Superior

as Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

as Mrs. Fielding

as Mrs. Merrick