List of the best Edith Evans movies: The Whisperers(1967), The Last Days of Dolwyn(1949), The Queen of Spades(1949), The Nun's Story(1959), The Importance of Being Earnest(1952), Scrooge(1970), Look Back in Anger(1958), Fitzwilly(1967), David Copperfield(1969), The Chalk Garden(1964), Tom Jones(1963), The Madwoman of Chaillot(1969) ... ...
Drama
UK
1967
106 Minutes
Mrs. Ross
Edith Evans Eric Portman Nanette Newman Gerald Sim Avis Bunnage Ronald Fraser Leonard Rossiter Kenneth Griffith Harry Baird Margaret Tyzack Clare Kelly
old woman husband friend son thief brooding disheartening tense suspenseful apartment england welfare office alley old age schizophrenia senility robbery deception family discovery
Elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as she claims to have great wealth. After finding stolen money she is victimized, making it necessary to find her support in her declining years.
Drama
1949
95 Minutes
Edith Evans Emlyn Williams Richard Burton Anthony James Alan Aynesworth Barbara Couper Andrea Lea Hugh Griffith
An impoverished village becomes the site of a bitter power struggle between a callous developer and a stubborn dowager.
Fantasy
UK
1949
95 Minutes
The Old Countess Ranevskaya
Anton Walbrook Edith Evans Yvonne Mitchell Ronald Howard Mary Jerrold Anthony Dawson Miles Malleson Michael Medwin Athene Seyler Ivor Barnard Valentine Dyall
countess gambler soldier pretty woman creepy eerie russia ambition deception gambling showdown murder quest discovery fall revenge 19th century
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Rev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium)
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Comedy
UK
1952
95 Minutes
Lady Bracknell
Michael Redgrave Michael Denison Edith Evans Richard Wattis Margaret Rutherford Joan Greenwood Dorothy Tutin Walter Hudd Miles Malleson Aubrey Mather
impostor wealthy man woman governess aunt priest witty hilarious emotional england london country house apartment identity wealth marriage social standing deception family love
When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
Musical, Other
UK
1970
118 Minutes
Ghost of Christmas Past
Albert Finney Alec Guinness Edith Evans Kenneth More Laurence Naismith Michael Medwin David Collings Gordon Jackson Roy Kinnear Kay Walsh Richard Beaumont
clerk son ebenezer scrooge ghost cheery heartwarming lighthearted england christmas charity loss ghosts regret redemption fall transformation 1860s
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Drama
UK
1958
99 Minutes
Mrs. Tanner
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Edith Evans Mary Ure Gary Raymond Glen Byam Shaw Donald Pleasence
angry man wife best friend coworker father doctor dark gritty northern england club flat street hospital house class conflict english society infidelity betrayal pregnancy family
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Comedy
USA
1967
102 Minutes
Miss Victoria Woodworth
Dick Van Dyke Barbara Feldon Edith Evans John McGiver Harry Townes John Fiedler Norman Fell Cecil Kellaway Stephen Strimpell Anne Seymour Helen Kleeb
butler secretary philanthropist spinster con artist love interest amusing endearing new york city loyalty con game rescue love luck bankruptcy adventure underdog 1960s
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
Drama
1969
118 Minutes
Aunt Betsy Trotwood
Robin Phillips Susan Hampshire Edith Evans Michael Redgrave Ralph Richardson Wendy Hiller Corin Redgrave Pamela Franklin Ron Moody James Donald
orphan boy stepfather melodramatic england jail escape new life adaptation growing up
Dickens' Victorian orphan (Robin Phillips) drifts until he finds a friendly (Edith Evans) aunt and the girl (Susan Hampshire) he will marry.
Drama
UK|USA
1964
106 Minutes
Mrs. St. Maugham
Deborah Kerr Hayley Mills John Mills Edith Evans Felix Aylmer Elizabeth Sellars Lally Bowers Tonie MacMillan
wealthy woman ex-convict governess granddaughter butler judge disturbing emotional engaging family home england secret past troubled youth gardening gossip second chance discovery rivalry transformation 1960s
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.
Comedy
UK
1963
129 Minutes
Miss Western
Albert Finney Susannah York Hugh Griffith Edith Evans Joan Greenwood Diane Cilento George Devine David Tomlinson Rosalind Atkinson Wilfrid Lawson Rosalind Knight
orphan wealthy man ingénue rival lady airy cheeky charming family home inn police station england countryside mistaken identity class distinctions affair blackmail love triangle growing up rise
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
Comedy
USA
1969
132 Minutes
Josephine
Katharine Hepburn Charles Boyer Claude Dauphin Edith Evans John Gavin Paul Henreid Oscar Homolka Margaret Leighton Giulietta Masina Nanette Newman Richard Chamberlain
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Biography
UK
1965
107 Minutes
Lady Gregory
Jack Cardiff Rod Taylor Maggie Smith Julie Christie Flora Robson Michael Redgrave Edith Evans Jack MacGowran T.P. McKenna William Foley Sian Phillips
writer prostitute mother father inspiring hedonistic dublin train station theater family home pub idealism injustice writing wretched excess rise growing up 1910s
The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.
Horror
1974
96 Minutes
Aunt Louise
Jack Palance Diana Dors Julie Ege Trevor Howard Suzy Kendall Michael Jayston Edith Evans
Musical, Romance
UK
1976
128 Minutes
Dowager Queen
Richard Chamberlain Gemma Craven Annette Crosbie Michael Hordern Margaret Lockwood Christopher Gable Kenneth More Edith Evans Keith Skinner
In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King (Sir Michael Hordern) and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward (Richard Chamberlain) wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Meanwhile... See full summary »
Comedy
UK|USA
1976
96 Minutes
Sister Hildegard
Glenda Jackson Sandy Dennis Melina Mercouri Geraldine Page Anne Jackson Anne Meara Susan Penhaligon Edith Evans Jerry Stiller Rip Torn Eli Wallach
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.