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Edith Evanson
Tacoma, 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…
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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.
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2001
Rope Unleashed
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1972
Emergency!
TV show Emma Lenover
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1968
The Split
Movie Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
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1966
Penelope
Movie Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
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1964
Marnie
Movie Rita
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1963
Twice-Told Tales
Movie Lisabetta, the landlady
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1961
The Clown and the Kid
Movie Mother Superior
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1961
Anatomy of an Accident
Movie Carrie Tibbles
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1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Movie Aunt Olive
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1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie Innkeeper
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1957
Wagon Train
TV show Granny Henry
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1957
The Quiet Gun
Movie Mrs. Merrick
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1957
The Young Stranger
Movie Lottie (uncredited)
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1957
Drango
Movie Mrs. Blackford
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1956
State Trooper
TV show Emily Brandywine
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1956
The Leather Saint
Movie Stella
More credits
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Lady with suitcase
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1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Movie Josie (uncredited)
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1955
Cheyenne
TV show Elizabeth Quill
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1955
The Silver Star
Movie Belle Dowdy
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1954
Désirée
Movie Queen Hedwig
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1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV show Aunt Olive
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1954
Studio 57
TV show
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1954
About Mrs. Leslie
Movie Mrs. Fine
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1953
The Big Heat
Movie Selma Parker
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1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV show Mrs. Meers
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1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie Mrs. Martin
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1953
Shane
Movie Mrs. Shipstead
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1951
Elephant Stampede
Movie Miss Banks
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1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie Mrs. Crockett
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1951
Ace in the Hole
Movie Miss Deverich (uncredited)
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1951
Rawhide
Movie Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
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1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy
Movie Mrs. Barrett
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1951
The Company She Keeps
Movie Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
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1950
The Magnificent Yankee
Movie Annie Gough
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1950
Union Station
Movie Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
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1950
Caged
Movie Miss Barker (uncredited)
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1950
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie Mrs. Castleman
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1950
Perfect Strangers
Movie Mary Travers
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1949
Madame Bovary
Movie Mother Superior (uncredited)
