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Edith Evanson
Actor
Born April 26, 1896Died November 29, 1980 (84 years)
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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.
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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Filmography
| 1974 | Apple's Way (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kistinger |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Emma Lenover |
| 1971 | The Seven Minutes · as Cassie |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Mrs. Trimble |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Martha Wilson (segment "love And Grandma") |
| 1968 | The Split · as Woman In Police Station (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Agnes Geary |
| 1966 | Penelope · as Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Marnie · as Rita |
| 1963 | The Prize · as Mrs. Ahlquist |
| 1963 | Twice-Told Tales · as Lisabetta, The Landlady |
| 1961 | The Clown and the Kid · as Mother Superior |
| 1961 | Swingin' Along · as Woman |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) · as Mrs. Evans |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Marshak |
| 1960 | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus · as Aunt Olive |
| 1959 | Journey to the Center of the Earth · as Innkeeper |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Martha Borgner |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Curran |
| 1957 | The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wasson |
| 1957 | Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Ma Thorpe |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Sweet |
| 1957 | The Thin Man (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dan Carmichael |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Granny Henry |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Mrs. Farrell |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Grandma Sarah Bridger |
| 1957 | The Quiet Gun · as Mrs. Merrick |
| 1957 | The Young Stranger · as Lottie (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Drango · as Mrs. Blackford |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Julia Crayton |
| 1956 | Storm Center · as Mrs. Simmons |
| 1956 | The Leather Saint · as Stella |
| 1956 | State Trooper (TV Series) · as Emily Brandywine |
| 1955 | The Road to Denver · as Mrs. Garrett |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Lady With Suitcase |
| 1955 | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing · as Josie (uncredited) |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Nell |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Martha Geraghty |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Attendant |
| 1955 | City of Shadows · as Mrs. Fellows |
| 1955 | The Silver Star · as Belle Dowdy |
| 1955 | Stage 7 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Whitfield |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Edith 'edie' Wyatt |
| 1954 | Désirée · as Queen Hedwig |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mother Tchaikovsky |
| 1954 | The Lineup (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · as Mrs. Thompson |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Mrs. Larson |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie · as Mrs. Fine |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Mrs. Penrose |
| 1953 | The Big Heat · as Selma Parker |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Meers |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 1953 | Shane · as Mrs. Shipstead |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun · as Mrs. Martin |
| 1953 | It Happens Every Thursday · as Mrs. Peterson |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Mlle. Ahmannsson |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Ma Duncan |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen · as Mrs. Berta |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pipes |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Freda |
| 1952 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms · as Mrs. Edgett |
| 1951 | Elephant Stampede · as Miss Banks |
| 1951 | The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Mrs. Crockett, Landlady |
| 1951 | The Redhead and the Cowboy · as Mrs. Barrett |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole · as Miss Deverich (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Company She Keeps · as Mrs. Holman |
| 1951 | Rawhide · as Mrs. Hickman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Magnificent Yankee · as Annie Gough |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Aunt Emma |
| 1950 | Union Station · as Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Perfect Strangers · as Mary Travers |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry · as Mrs. Castleman |
| 1950 | Space Patrol (TV Series) · as Aunt Sybil Todd |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary · as Mother Superior (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Big Jack · as Widow Simpson |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy · as Mrs. Racknell |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade · as Bit |
| 1948 | Rope · as Mrs. Wilson |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama · as Aunt Sigrid |
| 1947 | Singapore · as Mrs. Barnes |
| 1947 | Forever Amber · as Sarah |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. · as Rose's Assistant |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend · as Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Strange Woman · as Mrs. Coggins (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Bachelor's Daughters · as Secretary |
| 1946 | Don't Gamble with Strangers · as Mrs. Fielding - Swedish Maid |
| 1946 | Mysterious Intruder · as Mrs. Ward (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Notorious Lone Wolf · as Olga - Carla's Maid |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie · as Nurse |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman · as Mame. Paquin |
| 1945 | The Jade Mask · as Louise Harper |
| 1944 | And Now Tomorrow · as Mrs. Vankovitch |
| 1944 | The Soul of a Monster · as Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Four Jills in a Jeep · as French Maid |
| 1943 | There's Something About a Soldier · as Mrs. Emma Edwards |
| 1943 | Bomber's Moon · as Elsa |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down · as Ludwig's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Fighting Guerrillas · as Mother |
| 1942 | Reunion in France · as Genevieve |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant · as Hilda |
| 1942 | Girl Trouble · as June's Maid |
| 1942 | Orchestra Wives · as Hilda |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year · as Alma |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust · as Hilda |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane · as Leland's Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Life with Henry · as Anna (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · as Hannah |