1896-04-26 ( 128 years old ) in 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.
Movies
Rope Unleashed
2001-03-06
The Split
1968-11-04
Penelope
1966-11-10
Marnie
1964-07-17
Twice-Told Tales
1963-09-01
The Clown and the Kid
1961-12-27
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960-01-21
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959-12-15
The Quiet Gun
1957-07-18
The Young Stranger
1957-02-01
Drango
1957-01-01
The Leather Saint
1956-06-06
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955-10-01
The Silver Star
1955-04-07
Désirée
1954-11-16
About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03
The Big Heat
1953-10-14
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953-07-30
Shane
1953-04-23
Elephant Stampede
1951-10-28
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951-09-28
Ace in the Hole
1951-06-29
Rawhide
1951-03-25
The Redhead and The Cowboy
1951-03-15
The Magnificent Yankee
1950-12-20
Union Station
1950-10-04
Caged
1950-05-19
The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13
Perfect Strangers
1950-03-11
Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28
Rope
1948-03-11
I Remember Mama
1948-03-09
Forever Amber
1947-10-10
Singapore
1947-08-13
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947-06-02
Fun on a Weekend
1947-05-15
The Strange Woman
1946-10-25
Mysterious Intruder
1946-04-11
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14
The Jade Mask
1945-01-26
The Soul of a Monster
1944-08-17
The Moon Is Down
1943-03-14
Reunion in France
1942-12-25
Girl Trouble
1942-10-09
Orchestra Wives
1942-09-04
Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
Citizen Kane
1941-04-17
Life with Henry
1941-01-23
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
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