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Mona Washbourne
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaim…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968). She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978). In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease. Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940. She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.
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1984
December Flower
Movie Mary Grey
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1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Movie Queen Mother
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1981
Pygmalion
Movie Mrs. Pearce
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1981
Celebrity Playhouse
TV show Mrs. Pearce
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1981
Brideshead Revisited
TV show Nanny Hawkins
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1981
Shillingbury Tales
TV show Marjorie Cavendish
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1980
Therese Raquin
TV show Madame Raquin
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1979
The London Connection
Movie Aunt Lydia
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1978
Stevie
Movie Aunt
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1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TV show Ethel Duckworth
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1976
The Blue Bird
Movie Grandmother
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1975
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie Mrs. Jarley
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1974
Identikit
Movie Mrs. Helen Fiedke
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1973
Centre Play
TV show Hilda
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1973
O Lucky Man!
Movie Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
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1972
I Spy a Stranger
Movie Mrs. Hudson
More credits
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1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Movie Gran Alice Tallent
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1972
Six Days of Justice
TV show Chairman of the Bench
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1972
Home
Movie Kathleen
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1970
Play for Today
TV show
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1970
Poor Mother
Movie Sister
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1970
Fragment of Fear
Movie Mrs. Gray
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1970
The Games
Movie Mrs. Hayes
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1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Movie Mrs. Jarley
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1970
Wicked Women
TV show Mama
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1969
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie Mother
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Mrs. Fumble
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1968
if....
Movie Matron
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1968
Number Ten
Movie Julia Pryton
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1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Movie Mrs. Brown
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1967
Two a Penny
Movie
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Julia Pyrton
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1967
Casino Royale
Movie Tea Lady (uncredited)
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Mrs. Hudson
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1965
The Third Day
Movie Catherine Parsons
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1965
The Collector
Movie Aunt Annie
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1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Movie Aunt Lil
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1965
One Way Pendulum
Movie Aunt Mildred
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1964
My Fair Lady
Movie Mrs. Pearce
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1964
Night Must Fall
Movie Mrs. Bramson
