Edith Evanson
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in the trailer for Rope (1948)
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| Born |
Edith Carlson April 29, 1896 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | November 29, 1980 (aged 84) Riverside County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1940–74 |
| Spouse(s) | Morris Otto Evanson (1923-1975; his death) |
Edith Evanson (April 29, 1896 – November 29, 1980) was an American film actress.
She was born Edith Carlson in Tacoma, Washington, where her father was a Protestant church clergyman (a religion to which she adhered throughout her life). She was of Swedish, German and English descent. 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.
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