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