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Edith Evans

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Actress

The Resume

    (February 8, 1888-October 14, 1976)
    Birth name Edith Mary Booth
    Appeared in 'The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949),' 'The Importance of Being Earnest (1952),' 'Look Back in Anger (1958),' 'The Nun's Story (1959),' 'Tom Jones (1963),' 'The Whisperers (1967),' 'Fitzwilly (1967),' 'The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969),' 'Scrooge (1970)' and 'The Slipper and the Rose (1977)'
    Created Dame of the British Empire (1946)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a Christian Scientist.
    She was considered to be very aloof.
    She was self-conscious about her lack of physical beauty.
    She never had children because she felt actresses made bad parents.

Why she might not be annoying:

    When a young Alec Guinness approached her for advice on how to get financial backing for a play he wrote, she sat down and wrote him a check to pay for the production.
    She won a Golden Globe for 'The Whisperers.'
    She received three Oscar nominations.
    She was one of the greatest classical actresses of the twentieth century.

Credit: Professor Moriarty


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 35.48% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 67 Votes: 67.16% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 87 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 186 Votes: 51.61% Annoying