Cast & creator
Edith Evanson
Best known for Wagon Train, Emergency!, Cheyenne
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.
Also known as: Edith Carlson
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1940–2001 · acting roles
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Filmography (64)
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Wagon Train
Granny Henry
1957
Emergency!
Emma Lenover
1972
Cheyenne
Elizabeth Quill
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lady with suitcase
1955
Studio 57
1954State Trooper
Emily Brandywine
1956
Citizen Kane
Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
1941The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Mrs. Meers
1953
The Wonderful World of Disney
Aunt Olive
1954
Rope
Mrs. Wilson
1948
Shane
Mrs. Shipstead
1953
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Mrs. Crockett
1951
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Innkeeper
1959
The Big Heat
Selma Parker
1953
Ace in the Hole
Miss Deverich (uncredited)
1951
Marnie
Rita
1964
Woman of the Year
Alma
1942
Forever Amber
Sarah
1947Forever Amber
1947
Madame Bovary
Mother Superior (uncredited)
1949
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Josie (uncredited)
1955
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Mrs. Martin
1953
The Damned Don't Cry
Mrs. Castleman
1950
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Aunt Olive
1960
The Strange Woman
Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
1946
Penelope
Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
1966
Désirée
Queen Hedwig
1954
Caged
Miss Barker (uncredited)
1950
Blossoms in the Dust
Hilda
1941
Union Station
Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
1950
The Moon Is Down
Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
1943
I Remember Mama
Aunt Sigrid
1948
The Redhead and the Cowboy
Mrs. Barrett
1951
Rawhide
Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
1951
The Company She Keeps
Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
1951
The Split
Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1968
The Young Stranger
Lottie (uncredited)
1957
Fun on a Weekend
Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (uncredited)
1947
Twice-Told Tales
Lisabetta, the landlady
1963
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Hannah
1940
The Magnificent Yankee
Annie Gough
1950
The Soul of a Monster
Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1944
Girl Trouble
June's Maid
1942
Reunion in France
Genevieve
1942
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Fine
1954
You Gotta Stay Happy
Mrs. Racknell
1948
Singapore
Mrs. Barnes
1947
Anatomy of an Accident
Carrie Tibbles
1961
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rose's Assistant
1947
Perfect Strangers
Mary Travers
1950
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Mrs. Fielding
1946
Orchestra Wives
Hilda
1942The Clown and the Kid
Mother Superior
1961
Mysterious Intruder
Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
1946
The Silver Star
Belle Dowdy
1955
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Olga - Carla's Maid
1946
Life with Henry
Anna (uncredited)
1941
Drango
Mrs. Blackford
1957
The Leather Saint
Stella
1956
Elephant Stampede
Miss Banks
1951
The Quiet Gun
Mrs. Merrick
1957
Rope Unleashed
Self (archive footage)
2001
The Jade Mask
Louise Harper
1945