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Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Actor · 1896 – 1980 · Tacoma, Washington, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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  • Movie8.0

    Citizen Kane

    1941 · 6.2K votes

  • Movie7.9

    Rope

    1948 · 3.1K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Shane

    1953 · 707 votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie6.9
  • Movie7.1

    Marnie

    1964 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie7.7

    The Big Heat

    1953 · 575 votes

  • Movie7.8

    Ace in the Hole

    1951 · 776 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Désirée

    1954 · 52 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Woman of the Year

    1942 · 169 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Penelope

    1966 · 24 votes

  • Movie7.2

    I Remember Mama

    1948 · 66 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Madame Bovary

    1949 · 59 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Strange Woman

    1946 · 44 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Union Station

    1950 · 52 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Forever Amber

    1947 · 32 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Damned Don't Cry

    1950 · 63 votes

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  • Movie6.7

    Rawhide

    1951 · 65 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Caged

    1950 · 92 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Split

    1968 · 35 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Stranger Wore a Gun

    1953 · 33 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Twice-Told Tales

    1963 · 85 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Reunion in France

    1942 · 22 votes

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  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV8.0

    Emergency!

    1972 · 53 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

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  • TV7.5

    Studio 57

    1954 · 2 votes

  • TV5.7

    State Trooper

    1956 · 7 votes

  • TV8.5