Name
Mona Washbourne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-11-27
Deathday
1988-11-15 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
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- 1956 Yield to the Night as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
- 1960 The Brides of Dracula as Helga Lang
- 1969 The Bed Sitting Room as Mother
- 1963 Billy Liar as Alice Fisher
- 1955 Cast a Dark Shadow as Monica Bare
- 1967 Two a Penny
- 1965 The Collector as Aunt Annie
- 1952 The Gambler and the Lady as Miss Minter
- 1964 Night Must Fall as Mrs. Bramson
- 1958 Son of a Stranger
- 1970 The Games as Mrs. Hayes
- 1974 Identikit as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
- 1972 What Became of Jack and Jill? as Gran Alice Tallent
- 1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey as Aunt Lil
- 1948 The Winslow Boy as Miss Barnes
- 1965 The Third Day as Catherine Parsons
- 1954 Doctor in the House as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
- 1956 Circus Friends as Miss Linstead
- 1950 Dark Interval
- 1965 One Way Pendulum as Aunt Mildred
- 1957 Stranger in Town as Agnes Smith
- 1975 The Old Curiosity Shop as Mrs. Jarley
- 1957 The Good Companions as Mrs. Joe
- 1978 Stevie as Aunt
- 1972 Home as Kathleen
- 1964 My Fair Lady as Mrs. Pearce
- 1959 Count Your Blessings as Nanny
- 1968 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter as Mrs. Brown
- 1958 A Cry from the Streets as Mrs. Daniels
- 1953 Johnny on the Run as Mrs MacGregor
- 1949 Once Upon a Dream as Vicar's Wife
- 1973 O Lucky Man! as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
- 1954 Betrayed as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1968 Number Ten as Julia Pryton
- 1970 Poor Mother as Sister
- 1972 I Spy a Stranger as Mrs. Hudson
- 1954 Monsieur Ripois as Landlady
- 1956 Loser Takes All as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1949 Adam and Evelyne as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
- 1968 if.... as Matron
- 1956 Lost as Librarian
- 1979 The London Connection as Aunt Lydia
- 1956 It's Great to be Young! as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
- 1970 Fragment of Fear as Mrs. Gray
- 1954 To Dorothy, a Son as Midwife Appleby
- 1954 The Million Pound Note as Mum with Pram
- 1976 The Blue Bird as Grandmother
- 1950 Double Confession as Fussy Mother
- 1949 Maytime in Mayfair as Lady Levenson
- 1984 December Flower as Mary Grey
- 1950 Probation Officer as Mrs. Mead
- 1981 Pygmalion as Mrs. Pearce
- 1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Queen Mother
- 1954 Adventure in the Hopfields as Mrs. McBain
- 1967 Casino Royale as Tea Lady (uncredited)
- 1962 Operation Stogie as Lady Cormorant
- 1955 John and Julie as Miss Rendlesham
- 1970 The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens as Mrs. Jarley
- 1961 No Love for Johnnie as Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1983 Where's the Key? as Mother
- 1981 Brideshead Revisited ( 4 episodes ) as Nanny Hawkins
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode )
- 1980 Therese Raquin ( 3 episodes ) as Madame Raquin
- 1977 The Galton & Simpson Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Ethel Duckworth
- 1973 Centre Play ( 1 episode ) as Hilda
- 1959 Knight Errant Limited ( 1 episode ) as Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Lydia
- 1981 Shillingbury Tales ( 1 episode ) as Marjorie Cavendish
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Harriet
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Julia Pyrton
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mary
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Fumble
- 1972 Six Days of Justice ( 1 episode ) as Chairman of the Bench
- 1981 Celebrity Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Pearce
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hudson
- 1970 Wicked Women ( 1 episode ) as Mama
