Known for Acting
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.
Born
April 26, 1896
Died
November 29, 1980 (age 84)
Birthplace
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Filmography
55 films, 8 shows


Rope Unleashed
2001 · 32m
country: United States
A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly making a movie about gay murderers in the 1940s.


The Split
1968 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.


Penelope
1966 · 1h 38m
country: United States
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is secretly in love with her. However, he abandons the money when the police approach. Penelope becomes determined to admit to the crime, but neither James nor the police believe her story.


Marnie
1964 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.


Twice-Told Tales
1963 · 2h
country: United States
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is inoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
The Clown and the Kid
The Clown and the Kid
1961 · 1h 5m
country: United States
The Clown and the Kid is a 1961 film. When Moko the Clown (Don Keefer) passes away, his newly orphaned son Shawn (Michael McGreevey) takes up with mysterious wanderer Peter (John Lupton), and the two strangers become close friends and partners until a closely guarded secret rips them apart.


Anatomy of an Accident
1961 · 27m
country: United States
A Jerry Fairbanks and Bell System production, “Anatomy of an Accident” is a 1961 driver's education film in technicolor focusing on defensive driving told through a scripted story centered around a family outing that came to a tragic end.


Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.


Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · 2h 12m
country: United States
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.


The Quiet Gun
1957 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontier town.


The Young Stranger
1957 · 1h 24m
country: United States
The lack of communication between a wealthy film producer and his troubled teenage son after the boy is involved in an altercation at a movie theater leads to even more trouble.


Drango
1957 · 1h 32m
country: United States
A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a southern small town, whose citizens he must face the obstility.


The Leather Saint
1956 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims. Keeping his real identity secret and hoping to step away after one big payday, Gil signs a contract to fight for greedy promoter Gus MacAuliffe.


The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. A fictionalized account of true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.


The Silver Star
1955 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A third generation deputy sheriff doubts whether or not he has the guts for the job that killed both his father and grandfather. His doubts are re-enforced when three vicious gunmen arrive in town. From the original 35mm widescreen negative.


Désirée
1954 · 1h 50m
country: United States
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.


About Mrs. Leslie
1954 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.


The Big Heat
1953 · 1h 29m
country: United States
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.


The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.


Shane
1953 · 1h 58m
country: United States
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.


Elephant Stampede
1951 · 1h 11m
country: United States
Bomba the jungle boy swings into action when an elephant herd is threatened by ivory hunters.


The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · 1h 32m
country: United States
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.


Ace in the Hole
1951 · 1h 52m
country: United States
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.


Rawhide
1951 · 1h 29m
country: United States
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.


The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals. Written by Alfred Jingle


The Company She Keeps
1951 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.


The Magnificent Yankee
1950 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.


Union Station
1950 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.


Caged
1950 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.


The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.


Perfect Strangers
1950 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.


Madame Bovary
1949 · 1h 46m
country: United States
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.


You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.


I Remember Mama
1948 · 2h 14m
country: United States
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.


Rope
1948 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.


Forever Amber
1947 · 2h 18m
country: United States
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.


Singapore
1947 · 1h 19m
country: United States
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.


The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.


Fun on a Weekend
1947 · 1h 33m
country: Unknown
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.


The Strange Woman
1946 · 1h 40m
country: United States
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.


Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946 · 1h 8m
country: United States
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.


Mysterious Intruder
1946 · 1h 1m
country: United States
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.


The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · 1h 4m
country: United States
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.


The Jade Mask
1945 · 1h 6m
country: United States
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.


The Soul of a Monster
1944 · 1h 2m
country: United States
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?


There's Something About a Soldier
1943 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.


The Moon Is Down
1943 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.


Reunion in France
1942 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.


Girl Trouble
1942 · 1h 21m
country: United States
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.


Orchestra Wives
1942 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.


Woman of the Year
1942 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.


Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.


Citizen Kane
1941 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.


Life with Henry
1941 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.


The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.