Edith Evanson
Acting
Born 1896-04-26
Died 1980-11-29
Tacoma, Washington, USA
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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.
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Acting
58 credits
Cheyenne
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Citizen Kane
State Trooper
Rope
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Marnie
Shane
The Big Heat
Ace in the Hole
Caged
Désirée
Forever Amber
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Penelope
The Strange Woman
Woman of the Year
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Girl Trouble
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Rawhide
Madame Bovary
Union Station
I Remember Mama
The Split
The Company She Keeps
Blossoms in the Dust
The Damned Don't Cry
The Redhead and the Cowboy
Reunion in France
Singapore
You Gotta Stay Happy
Twice-Told Tales
The Silver Star
The Soul of a Monster
Drango
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
The Leather Saint
Mysterious Intruder
Perfect Strangers
Anatomy of an Accident
The Quiet Gun
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Fun on a Weekend
About Mrs. Leslie
The Notorious Lone Wolf
The Young Stranger
Orchestra Wives
Elephant Stampede
The Moon Is Down
The Jade Mask
The Magnificent Yankee
Life with Henry
Don't Gamble with Strangers
The Clown and the Kid
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