Mona Washbourne was an English actress of stage, film, and television.[1][2] 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.
Early life and career[]
Mona Washbourne was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist.[3][4][5] Her sister Katherine Washbourne was a violinist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult. Washbourne was performing professionally from the early 1920s.[4] She married the actor Basil Dignam.[4] Her brother-in-law Mark Dignam was also a stage and film actor.[6]
In 1948, after numerous stage musical performances, Washbourne began appearing in films.[7] Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula, Billy Liar (1963) and The Collector (1965).[8] 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).[2]
She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home.[9] She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.[10] 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.[11] Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978).[12]
References[]
- ↑ League, The Broadway. "Mona Washbourne – Broadway Cast & Staff – IBDB". ibdb.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mona Washbourne". BFI. Retrieved on 4 August 2020.
- ↑ "Mona Washbourne". IMDb.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "BFI Screenonline: Washbourne, Mona (1904–1988) Biography". screenonline.org.uk.
- ↑ "Education for Mona Washbourne". Turner Classic Movies.
- ↑ "Mark Dignam – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ "Mona Washbourne – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ "Mona Washbourne – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ League, The Broadway. "Home – Broadway Play – Original – IBDB". ibdb.com.
- ↑ League, The Broadway. "Home – Broadway Play – Original – IBDB". ibdb.com.
- ↑ "Harvey With James Dreyfus Heads into The West End". britishtheatre.com.
- ↑ "Awards – New York Film Critics Circle". nyfcc.com.
External links[]
Mona Washbourne at the Internet Movie Database- Performances listed in the Theatre Archive University of Bristol
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