Mona Washbourne
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968). She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978). In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease. Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940. She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.
Known for
Credits
Casino Royale (1967)
as Tea Lady (uncredited)
My Fair Lady (1964)
as Mrs. Pearce
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
as Helga Lang
The Million Pound Note (1954)
as Mum with Pram
The Collector (1965)
as Aunt Annie
The Blue Bird (1976)
as Grandmother
O Lucky Man! (1973)
as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
if.... (1968)
as Matron
Where's the Key? (1983)
as Mother
Doctor in the House (1954)
as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
as Mrs. Gray
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
as Mother
The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
as Mrs. Jarley
Betrayed (1954)
as Waitress (uncredited)
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
as Midwife Appleby
Billy Liar (1963)
as Alice Fisher
Yield to the Night (1956)
as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
as Mrs. Brown
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
as Queen Mother
Probation Officer (1950)
as Mrs. Mead
Identikit (1974)
as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
as Monica Bare
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
as Mrs. Jarley
The Winslow Boy (1948)
as Miss Barnes
A Cry from the Streets (1958)
as Mrs. Daniels
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
as Miss Minter
Count Your Blessings (1959)
as Nanny
The Games (1970)
as Mrs. Hayes
Pygmalion (1981)
as Mrs. Pearce
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
as Vicar's Wife
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
One Way Pendulum (1965)
as Aunt Mildred
Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)
as Aunt Lil
John and Julie (1955)
as Miss Rendlesham
I Spy a Stranger (1972)
as Mrs. Hudson
Two a Penny (1967)
Actor
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
as Mrs. McBain
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
as Gran Alice Tallent
Night Must Fall (1964)
as Mrs. Bramson
The Good Companions (1957)
as Mrs. Joe
Home (1972)
as Kathleen
Johnny on the Run (1953)
as Mrs MacGregor
The Third Day (1965)
as Catherine Parsons
Son of a Stranger (1958)
Actor
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
as Lady Levenson
The London Connection (1979)
as Aunt Lydia
Loser Takes All (1956)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Lost (1956)
as Librarian
Stevie (1978)
as Aunt
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
as Landlady
December Flower (1984)
as Mary Grey
Circus Friends (1956)
as Miss Linstead
Stranger in Town (1957)
as Agnes Smith
Dark Interval (1950)
Actor
Operation Stogie (1962)
as Lady Cormorant
Number Ten (1968)
as Julia Pryton
Double Confession (1950)
as Fussy Mother
Poor Mother (1970)
as Sister