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
My Fair Lady (1964)
as Mrs. Pearce
Casino Royale (1967)
as Tea Lady (uncredited)
Betrayed (1954)
as Waitress (uncredited)
Pygmalion (1981)
as Mrs. Pearce
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
as Helga Lang
The Million Pound Note (1954)
as Mum with Pram
if.... (1968)
as Matron
Identikit (1974)
as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
Where's the Key? (1983)
as Mother
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
as Mrs. Jarley
Home (1972)
as Kathleen
The Collector (1965)
as Aunt Annie
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
as Mother
The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
as Mrs. Jarley
Probation Officer (1950)
as Mrs. Mead
O Lucky Man! (1973)
as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
The Blue Bird (1976)
as Grandmother
Billy Liar (1963)
as Alice Fisher
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
as Monica Bare
Yield to the Night (1956)
as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
Doctor in the House (1954)
as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
as Midwife Appleby
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
as Mrs. Gray
I Spy a Stranger (1972)
as Mrs. Hudson
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
as Mrs. McBain
Count Your Blessings (1959)
as Nanny
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
as Miss Minter
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
as Queen Mother
Loser Takes All (1956)
as Nurse (uncredited)
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
as Mrs. Brown
Two a Penny (1967)
Actor
A Cry from the Streets (1958)
as Mrs. Daniels
The Winslow Boy (1948)
as Miss Barnes
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
The Good Companions (1957)
as Mrs. Joe
Johnny on the Run (1953)
as Mrs MacGregor
The London Connection (1979)
as Aunt Lydia
Circus Friends (1956)
as Miss Linstead
The Games (1970)
as Mrs. Hayes
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
as Vicar's Wife
Stranger in Town (1957)
as Agnes Smith
Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)
as Aunt Lil
Night Must Fall (1964)
as Mrs. Bramson
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
as Gran Alice Tallent
Lost (1956)
as Librarian
Operation Stogie (1962)
as Lady Cormorant
Stevie (1978)
as Aunt
John and Julie (1955)
as Miss Rendlesham
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
as Landlady
The Third Day (1965)
as Catherine Parsons
Double Confession (1950)
as Fussy Mother
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
as Lady Levenson
December Flower (1984)
as Mary Grey
Son of a Stranger (1958)
Actor
Dark Interval (1950)
Actor
One Way Pendulum (1965)
as Aunt Mildred
Number Ten (1968)
as Julia Pryton
Poor Mother (1970)
as Sister