Edith Evans
Dame Edith Evans DBE Dame Edith Evans in a 1972 portrait Born Edith Mary Evans ( 1888-02-08 ) 8 February 1888 Pimlico, London, England Died 14 October 1976 (1976-10-14) (aged 88) Kent, England Occupation Actress Years active 1910–1976 Spouse(s) George Booth ( m. 1925–1935) Dame Edith Mary Evans , DBE (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was nominated for three Academy Awards. Evans's stage career spanned sixty years during which she played more than 100 roles, in classics by Shakespeare, Congreve, Goldsmith, Sheridan and Wilde, and plays by contemporary writers including Bernard Shaw, Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry and Noël Coward. She created roles in two of Shaw's plays: Orinthia in The Apple Cart (1929), and Epifania in The Millionairess (1940) and was i...