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Dame Edith Evans
Dame Edith Evans 1888-1976, English actress. After her stage debut in 1912, Evans toured with Ellen Terry. Known for her resonant voice, she worked with the Old Vic (1925-26) and had a distinguished career on the stage and in films. She was celebrated for her performances in Elizabethan, Restoratio... Read more
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson (Thomas Woodrow Wilson), 1856-1924, 28th President of the United States (1913-21), b. Staunton, Va. Educator He graduated from Princeton in 1879 and studied law at the Univ. of Virginia. Admitted (1882) to the bar, he practiced in Atlanta, Ga., for a year before going to Jo... Read more
English literature
English literature literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. For the literature of previous linguistic periods, see the articles on Anglo-Saxon literature and Middle... Read more

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Edith Evans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Edith Evans Edith Evans (1888-1976) was a distinguished English actress most known for her portrayals of comic character roles. Edith Evans was born in London in 1888. After finishing her schooling at the age of 15 she worked as a milliner...
Evans, Dame Edith Mary
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Evans, Dame Edith Mary (1888–1976), distinguished English actress, who made...the stage at the Haymarket Theatre in 1974 in a programme entitled Edith Evans…and Friends.
Dame Edith Evans
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dame Edith Evans 1888-1976, English actress. After her stage debut in 1912, Evans toured with Ellen Terry. Known for her...century drama, as well as in modern works. Evans was made Dame of the British Empire in...
Evans, Dame Edith
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Evans, Dame Edith (1888–1976) English stage and screen actress. While with the Old Vic (1925–26, 1936), Evans played many roles, including the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet . She is perhaps...
Playfair, Sir Nigel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...performances; Congreve's The Way of the World (1924), with Edith Evans ; Bickerstaffe's Lionel and Clarissa (1925), its...Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem (1927), again with Edith Evans; When Crummles Played (also 1927), a burlesque of...
Aldwych Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...outstanding success with Tons of Money , a farce by Will Evans and Valentine. In the cast were Ralph Lynn and Tom Walls...Leigh , and Maxwell Anderson's The Bad Seed (1955). Edith Evans starred in Fry's The Dark Is Light Enough (1954...
Redgrave, Michael
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to perform with England's legendary Old Vic company. Jumping at the chance to work with such noted performers as Edith Evans, Olivier, Ashcroft and others, Redgrave moved to London in 1936. At the Old Vic he was soon cast in major roles...
Alec Guinness
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...performing with Britain's most notable actors— among them John Gielgud, Laurence Oliver, Peggy Ashcroft, and Edith Evans. He was directed by such world class figures as Gielgud, Tyrone Guthrie, Theodore Komisargevsky, Peter Brook, and...
Queen's Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...And So to Bed (1926) with Yvonne Arnaud and the Malvern Festival production of Shaw's The Apple Cart (1929) with Edith Evans . In the following year John Gielgud repeated his Old Vic triumph as Hamlet, and other successful productions were...
Malvern Festival
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...s programme entirely to his plays, with the first English production of The Apple Cart (with Cedric Hardwicke and Edith Evans ) and revivals of Back to Methuselah , Caesar and Cleopatra , and Heartbreak House . Shaw became the patron-in-chief...

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Tom Jones
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...MacLiammoir. Cast: Albert Finney (Tom Jones ); Susannah York (Sophie Western ); Hugh Griffith (Squire Western ); Edith Evans (Miss Western ); Joan Greenwood (Lady Bellaston ); Diane Cilento (Molly Seagrim ); George Devine (Squire Allworthy...
Greenwood, Joan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...seduce Alec Guinness. Near-mandatory casting for Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, she almost rivaled Edith Evans for Wildean hauteur, and was equally well chosen as Lady Caroline Lamb in The Bad Lord Byron ; unfortunately, the...
Sunset Boulevard
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Waxman; songs: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; special effects: Gordon Jennings; process...Farciot Edouart; costume designer: Edith Head. Cast: William Holden (Joe Gillis...Anna Q. Nilsson, H. B. Warner, Ray Evans, Sidney Skolsky, and Jay Livingston play...
The Sweet Smell of Success
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Dallas ); Jeff Donnell (Sally ); Joseph Leon (Robard ); Edith Atwater (Mary ); Emile Meyer (Harry Kello ); Joe Frisco...Russell (Linda ); Jay Adler (Manny Davis ); Lewis Charles (Al Evans ). Publications Books: Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward...
O'Sullivan, Maureen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as Molly Beaumont); Hold That Kiss (Marin) (as June Evans); Port of Seven Seas (Whale) (as Madelon); The Crowd...Haas) (as Emma Breslin) 1965 Never Too Late (Yorkin) (as Edith Lambert) 1970 The Phynx (Katzin) (as herself) 1972 The...

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Edith B. Evans of Danvers, at 92, ran flower shop.(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 2/21/1997; 406 words ; Edith B. "Ede" (Littlefield) Evans of Danvers and formerly of Peabody, retired co-owner of Evans Flowers in Peabody, died Monday at...Born and raised in Danvers, Mrs. Evans attended local schools and graduated...
Edith L. (Evans) Anderson.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 10/31/2007; 336 words ; ORLANDO, FL Edith L. (Evans) Anderson died Saturday October 20...Florida where she resided for 20 years. Edith was raised in Brookfield, Mass. She...Matthew Tourtellotte; and brother, JR Evans. There will be a graveside service...
Edith M. (Evans) Helie.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 10/23/2008; 464 words ; AUBURN Edith M. (Evans) Helie, 89, of Auburn, died Monday...Liam and Lola; and a brother, John Evans and his wife Theresa of Thompson, CT...the late Earle and Dora (Charboneau) Evans. She was educated in the Putnam school...
OBIT - EVANS, EDITH B.
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 2/10/2006; 225 words ; Edith B. Evans, 74, of Marion, Va., passed away Thursday, February 9, 2006. Funeral service 2 p.m. Saturday, February 11, 2006 at Bradleys Funeral Home Chapel, Marion.
Sunday Review Features: My plans for the afterlife Quentin Crisp gave this last interview just days before he died. Physically frail but mentally alert, he talked about his hopes of meeting Pol Pot, Edith Evans and Oscar Wilde in Heaven
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/28/1999; ; 700+ words ; I HAD lunch with Quentin Crisp the week before he died. We met in the Bowery Bar in Manhattan on the Lower East Side for crab cakes and whisky, and for two hours I sat and gazed in wonder at an old man with mauve hair, the self-styled "stately homo of England" as - head held high and almost always
OBIT - EVANS, EDITH COFFEY
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 3/9/2002; 421 words ; EVANS, Edith Coffey, 84, died on Thursday...Salem; two children, Bette Evans Wood and her husband, Percy...Ruckersville and Robert L. (Bob) Evans and his wife, Peggy of Roanoke...two great-grandchildren. Edith was an active member of Covenant...
Evans is singing Edith's praises.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/2/2005; 484 words ; CHRIS EVANS is tipping Edith Bowman to win Celebrity...Relief fundraising crown. Evans placed the bet at odds of...Friday presenter said: 'Edith has a great chance. She...fantastically well on Saturday.' Evans is not the only one to back...
JACK & TERRY & HANK & EDITH INFIDELITY GETS PERSONAL FOR THE CHARACTERS - AND ACTORS WHO PLAY THEM - IN `WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE'.(U)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 8/8/2004; 700+ words ; ...carrying on a secret affair with Edith Evans (``Mulholland Drive'' and...matters, Hank has a roving eye, and Edith initiated the intrigue with Jack...going on between her husband and Edith. Jack therefore tries to manipulate...
CELEBRATIONS - EVANS-CURTIS WEDDING
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 10/17/2004; 428 words ; ...announce the marriage of their son, Jeffery Brian Evans, to Merry Beth Curtis. On the evening of July...Carolina, and the late Marjorie Johnston and Lewis Evans of Salem, Virginia, and the late Edith Evans. Jeff received his bachelor of arts from the...
Hollywood romance masks gritty reality of life in old Wales; As Marc Evans' new film Dal: Yma/Nawr takes to the cinema screens,Ian Parri looks at how Wales has traditionally been depicted on celluloid.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/8/2004; 700+ words ; ...The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949),portrayed by Dame Edith Evans, where she was played as a very strong character very...That was a neat enough film, shot inRhydymain, and Edith Evans and Hugh Griffith were wonderful in it.'' In spite...