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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.
Filmography
all 49
Movies 47
TV Shows 2
self 1
Rope Unleashed (2001)
The Split (1968)
Penelope (1966)
Marnie (1964)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
The Clown and the Kid (1961)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
The Young Stranger (1957)
Drango (1957)
The Leather Saint (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
The Jane Wyman Show (1955)
The Silver Star (1955)
Désirée (1954)
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Shane (1953)
Elephant Stampede (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Redhead and The Cowboy (1951)
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Union Station (1950)
Caged (1950)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Perfect Strangers (1950)
Madame Bovary (1949)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Rope (1948)
I Remember Mama (1948)
Forever Amber (1947)
Singapore (1947)
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask (1945)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Reunion in France (1942)
Girl Trouble (1942)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Life with Henry (1941)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1896-04-28
Deathday1980-11-29 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceBellingham, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEdith Carlson
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