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Edith Evanson
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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.
Notable films
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Rope
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Marnie
As Rita
The Day the Earth Stood Still
As Mrs. Crockett
The Big Heat
As Selma Parker
I Remember Mama
As Aunt Sigrid
The Stranger Wore a Gun
As Mrs. Martin
The Redhead and the Cowboy
As Mrs. Barrett
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KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
When the Camera Refuses to Look Away
An unbroken shot can be a stunt or a sermon. This chain follows the long take from Hitchcock's parlour trick to a one-take voyage through the Hermitage, asking...
8 films
What Lies Beneath the Surface of the World
From Tom Cruise's relentless deep-earth driller to Martian relics under the London Underground, this is a descent through cinema's fascination with what waits b...
10 films
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Marnie
1964 · Rita
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · Innkeeper
The Big Heat
1953 · Selma Parker
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953 · Mrs. Martin
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Mrs. Crockett
The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951 · Mrs. Barrett
I Remember Mama
1948 · Aunt Sigrid
Rope
1948 · Mrs. Wilson