Edith Evans: 50th anniversary of her death on 14 October

Oct 14, 2026

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Edith Evans and Richard Burton London.UK. Edith Evans and Richard Burton in a scene in (C) Woodfall Warner Bros film, Look Back in Anger (1959) Director: Tony Richardson Writer:Nigel Kneale and John Osborne Source: John Osborne play with same title. LMK110-160826-001 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets.
September 19, 2023, USA: Dame Edith Evans, on-set of the film, A Doll s House , directed by Patrick Garland, Anglo-EMI Film Distributors, Paramount Pictures, 1973 USA - ZUMAg145 20230919_zap_g145_033 Copyright: xJTxVintagex
London Premiere from Tom Jones 6 June 1963 London, England, United Kingdom Prinz Philip visited the World premiere of Films Tom Jones at London Pavilion the Performance found in favour of of Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and the Youth Clubs for Boys and Girls i Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19630606_baf_k09_167
Heirs Heiress Members of Royal Family Celebrities 7 July 1953 Garden party the Royal Society of Literature in No 11 the 130 Years Old Royal Society of Literature GAB Today Afternoon a Garden party at the Site the Downing Street No 11 to the Par Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19530707_baf_k09_048
The Queen of Spades (1949) The Queen of Spades (1949) Edith Evans Anton Walbrook EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xCAP TFSx
AS YOU LIKE IT. Edith Evans as Rosalind, Eileen Peel as Celia, and Milton Rosmer as Touchstone in William Shakespeare s As You Like It at the Old Vic Theater, London, England, 1936. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0039684
Carol White, Stanly Baker, Edith Evans et Donald Pleasants 2015147 Carol White, Stanly Baker, Edith Evans et Donald Pleasants by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Neg: A38082PL). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 2015147
Silent Film Actress Edith Johnson, Half-Length Seated Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., 1918 Copyright: xJTxVintagex jtv013385
THE WHISPERERS DAME EDITH EVANS Date: 1967. Strictly editorial use only in conjunction with the promotion of the film. Credit line mandatory. This image is copyright of the film company and is supplied under the terms of issue as film still. No commercial or book cover use permitted without prior consent from the film company. Mandatory credit line: Image courtesy SEVEN PINES Ronald Grant Archive Mary Evans
DAVID COPPERFIELD DAVID COPPERFIELD RON MOODY, NICHOLAS PENNELL, EDITH EVANS, ROBIN PHILLIPS, RALPH RICHARDSON, SUSAN HAMPSHIRE AND UNIDENTIFIED Date: 1969. Strictly editorial use only in conjunction with the promotion of the film. Credit line mandatory. This image is copyright of the film company and is supplied under the terms of issue as film still. No commercial or book cover use permitted without prior consent from the film company. Mandatory credit line: Image courtesy OMNIBUS PRODUCTIONS Ronald Grant Archive Mary Evans
QB VII, Edith Evans, 1974 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx TBDQBVI EC009
THE WHISPERERS, Edith Evans, 1967 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDWHIS EC011
LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Edith Evans, 1959 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDLOBA EC017
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, from left: Joan Greenwood, Edith Evans, 1952 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDIMOF EC079
FITZWILLY, from left: Edith Evans, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, 1967 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx M8DFITZ EC003
SCROOGE, Edith Evans, 1970, TM and Copyright 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. 20thCentFox Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: x20thCentFox CourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDSCRO FE006
THE NUN S STORY, Edith Evans, Audrey Hepburn, 1959 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDNUST EC020
NASTY HABITS, from left: Edith Evans, Glenda Jackson, 1977 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDNAHA EC002
LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Dame Edith Evans rehearses scene on set with director Tony Richardson , 1959 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDLOBA EC007
THE CHALK GARDEN, Edith Evans, 1962 Jerry Tavin Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xJerryxTavin EverettxCollectionx MBDCHGA EC006
Nicky Henson, Edith Evans & Thorley Walters Film: Crooks And Coronets (1970) Director: Jim O Connolly 13 February 1970 Copyright: HermanxCohenxProductionsxAFxArchivexMaryxEvans 12456355 editorial use only
RITA HAYWORTH AND EDITH EVANS WITH OSCAR ACADEMY AWARD IN SANTA MONICA ; 16 APRIL 1964, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU475155
Edith Evan returns home. Amng the passengers to arrive at Southampton today aboard the liner Capetown Castle, from South Africa, was the famous stage actress Edith Evans. Picture shows, Edith Evans seen at Southampton today after arriving from South Africa on the Capetown Castle. 8 August 1947, Southampton Hampshire United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1370354
The way of the world At the Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith , Mr Nigel Playfair will revive The way of the world . Mr Robert Loraine will impersonate Mirabel and Miss Edith Evans will play Millamant as seen here 7 February 1924, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU012952
Dec. 12, 1976 - Thanksgiving service for Dame Edith Evans: A thanksgiving service for Dame Edith Evans was held today at St.Paul s, the actors church in Covent Garden. A large theatrical contingent were present. Picture Shows: Actress Googie Withers leaving after today s service. - ZUMAk09
Edith Evans Lady Sophie Fitzmore (Edith Evans) in Szene. 1968 UnitedArchives01275957
Pictured during rehearsals for the stage presentation of Bernard Shaw s Black Girl in Search of God are veteran actress Dame Edith Evans , and young West Indian actress Mona Hammond ( who takes the part of the black girl ) . The production opens at the City of London s Mermaid Theatre . 5 February 1968 UnitedArchives00151101
Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet and Edith Evans as the Nurse in John Gielgud s Romeo and Juliet, Oxford Univeristy Dramatic Society 1932 Mono Book Illustration !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0965948
KPA89774.jpg BLICK ZURÜCK IM ZORN Look Back in Anger UK 1958 Tony Richardson Alison Porter (MARY URE), Mrs.Tanner (EDITH EVANS) BOX rights=RM UnitedArchives89774

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September 19, 2023, USA: Dame Edith Evans, on-set of the film, A Doll s House , directed by Patrick Garland, Anglo-EMI Film Distributors, Paramount Pictures, 1973 USA - ZUMAg145 20230919_zap_g145_033 Copyright: xJTxVintagex

The Queen of Spades (1949) The Queen of Spades (1949) Edith Evans Anton Walbrook EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xCAP TFSx

AS YOU LIKE IT. Edith Evans as Rosalind, Eileen Peel as Celia, and Milton Rosmer as Touchstone in William Shakespeare s As You Like It at the Old Vic Theater, London, England, 1936. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0039684

Carol White, Stanly Baker, Edith Evans et Donald Pleasants 2015147 Carol White, Stanly Baker, Edith Evans et Donald Pleasants by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Neg: A38082PL). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 2015147

Silent Film Actress Edith Johnson, Half-Length Seated Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., 1918 Copyright: xJTxVintagex jtv013385

QB VII, Edith Evans, 1974 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx TBDQBVI EC009

THE WHISPERERS, Edith Evans, 1967 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDWHIS EC011

LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Edith Evans, 1959 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDLOBA EC017

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, from left: Joan Greenwood, Edith Evans, 1952 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDIMOF EC079

FITZWILLY, from left: Edith Evans, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, 1967 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx M8DFITZ EC003

THE NUN S STORY, Edith Evans, Audrey Hepburn, 1959 Courtesy Everett Collection !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÃ„TZT! PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDNUST EC020

NASTY HABITS, from left: Edith Evans, Glenda Jackson, 1977 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDNAHA EC002

LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Dame Edith Evans rehearses scene on set with director Tony Richardson , 1959 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx MBDLOBA EC007

THE CHALK GARDEN, Edith Evans, 1962 Jerry Tavin Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xJerryxTavin EverettxCollectionx MBDCHGA EC006

Nicky Henson, Edith Evans & Thorley Walters Film: Crooks And Coronets (1970) Director: Jim O Connolly 13 February 1970 Copyright: HermanxCohenxProductionsxAFxArchivexMaryxEvans 12456355 editorial use only

RITA HAYWORTH AND EDITH EVANS WITH OSCAR ACADEMY AWARD IN SANTA MONICA ; 16 APRIL 1964, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU475155

The way of the world At the Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith , Mr Nigel Playfair will revive The way of the world . Mr Robert Loraine will impersonate Mirabel and Miss Edith Evans will play Millamant as seen here 7 February 1924, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU012952

Dec. 12, 1976 - Thanksgiving service for Dame Edith Evans: A thanksgiving service for Dame Edith Evans was held today at St.Paul s, the actors church in Covent Garden. A large theatrical contingent were present. Picture Shows: Actress Googie Withers leaving after today s service. - ZUMAk09

Edith Evans Lady Sophie Fitzmore (Edith Evans) in Szene. 1968 UnitedArchives01275957

Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet and Edith Evans as the Nurse in John Gielgud s Romeo and Juliet, Oxford Univeristy Dramatic Society 1932 Mono Book Illustration !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0965948

KPA89774.jpg BLICK ZURÜCK IM ZORN Look Back in Anger UK 1958 Tony Richardson Alison Porter (MARY URE), Mrs.Tanner (EDITH EVANS) BOX rights=RM UnitedArchives89774