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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.
Filmography
all 58
Movies 52
TV Shows 6
Pygmalio (1990)
December Flower (1984)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Pygmalion (1981)
Thérèse Raquin (1980)
The London Connection (1979)
Stevie (1978)
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
The Blue Bird (1976)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
Identikit (1974)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
Home (1972)
Play for Today (1970)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
The Games (1970)
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
if.... (1968)
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
Two A Penny (1967)
Casino Royale (1967)
The Third Day (1965)
The Collector (1965)
Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)
One Way Pendulum (1965)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Night Must Fall (1964)
Billy Liar (1963)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Count Your Blessings (1959)
A Cry from the Streets (1958)
Son of a Stranger (1958)
Stranger in Town (1957)
The Good Companions (1957)
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
Circus Friends (1956)
Loser Takes All (1956)
Yield to the Night (1956)
Lost (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
Child's Play (1954)
Betrayed (1954)
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
Doctor in the House (1954)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Johnny on the Run (1953)
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
Probation Officer (1950)
Dark Interval (1950)
Double Confession (1950)
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
The Winslow Boy (1948)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1903-11-27
Deathday1988-11-15 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceBirmingham, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsMona Lee Washbourne
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