Edith Evans

Evans was knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1946. She is perhaps best known to modern audiences as the wife of Miles Archer in The Maltese Falcon. From then until 1977, she made several acclaimed films, including The Importance of Being Earnest, The Whisperers (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress), Tom Jones (nominated for Best Supporting Actress), The Slipper and the Rose, The Nun's Story, The Chalk Garden (nominated for Best Supporting Actress), The Madwoman of Chaillot, Crooks and Coronets and Nasty Habits. She also appeared in Madame X in 1937, The Roaring Twenties in 1939, The Way of All Flesh in 1946 and The Best Years of Our Lives in 1951. Born in London, she began a film career in 1915, but was noted mostly for her stage work until she appeared in the 1949 film The Last Days of Dolwyn. In 1936 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. Dame Edith Mary Evans (February 8, 1888 - October 14, 1976) was a British actress. Born Gladys Anna Clare in Patten, Maine, she starred on the stage in the 1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade. But it wasn't until 1934 that she started becoming noticed for her film work.

Gladys George (September 13, 1900 - December 8, 1954) was an American actress.