Mona Washbourne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1903-11-27
Day of Death
1988-11-15 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
Mona Washbourne
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.
Acting
(1984)
December Flower
as Mary Grey
(1982)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Queen Mother
(1981)
Pygmalion
as Mrs. Pearce
(1979)
The London Connection
as Aunt Lydia
(1978)
Stevie
as Aunt
(1976)
The Blue Bird
as Grandmother
(1975)
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs. Jarley
(1974)
Identikit
as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
(1973)
O Lucky Man!
as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
(1972)
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Gran Alice Tallent
(1972)
Home
as Kathleen
(1972)
I Spy a Stranger
as Mrs. Hudson
(1970)
Fragment of Fear
as Mrs. Gray
(1970)
The Games
as Mrs. Hayes
(1970)
Poor Mother
as Sister
(1969)
The Bed Sitting Room
as Mother
(1968)
if....
as Matron
(1968)
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
as Mrs. Brown
(1968)
Number Ten
as Julia Pryton
(1967)
Casino Royale
as Tea Lady (uncredited)
(1967)
(1965)
The Collector
as Aunt Annie
(1965)
The Third Day
as Catherine Parsons
(1965)
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Aunt Lil
(1965)
One Way Pendulum
as Aunt Mildred
(1964)
My Fair Lady
as Mrs. Pearce
(1964)
Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson
(1963)
Billy Liar
as Alice Fisher
(1962)
Operation Stogie
as Lady Cormorant
(1960)
The Brides of Dracula
as Helga Lang
(1959)
Count Your Blessings
as Nanny
(1958)
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Daniels
(1958)
(1957)
The Good Companions
as Mrs. Joe
(1957)
Stranger in Town
as Agnes Smith
(1956)
Yield to the Night
as Mrs. Thomas, landlady
(1956)
Lost
as Librarian
(1956)
Loser Takes All
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1956)
It's Great to be Young!
as Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
(1956)
Circus Friends
as Miss Linstead
(1955)
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Monica Bare
(1954)
The Million Pound Note
as Mum with Pram
(1954)
Betrayed
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1954)
Doctor in the House
as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
(1954)
Monsieur Ripois
as Landlady
(1954)
To Dorothy, a Son
as Midwife Appleby
(1954)
Adventure in the Hopfields
as Mrs. McBain
(1953)
Johnny on the Run
as Mrs MacGregor
(1952)
The Gambler and the Lady
as Miss Minter
(1950)
Double Confession
as Fussy Mother
(1950)
(1950)
Probation Officer
as Mrs. Mead
(1949)
Adam and Evelyne
as Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
(1949)
Once Upon a Dream
as Vicar's Wife
(1949)
Maytime in Mayfair
as Lady Levenson
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Miss Barnes