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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
December Flower
Character:Mary Grey
Release Date:23/12/1984
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Character:Queen Mother
Release Date:17/09/1982
Pygmalion
Character:Mrs. Pearce
Release Date:27/12/1981
The London Connection
Character:Aunt Lydia
Release Date:21/12/1979
Stevie
Character:Aunt
Release Date:15/09/1978
The Blue Bird
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:30/04/1976
The Old Curiosity Shop
Character:Mrs. Jarley
Release Date:07/11/1975
Identikit
Character:Mrs. Helen Fiedke
Release Date:20/05/1974
O Lucky Man!
Character:Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
Release Date:25/03/1973
I Spy a Stranger
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:25/09/1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Character:Gran Alice Tallent
Release Date:16/06/1972
Home
Character:Kathleen
Release Date:06/01/1972
Poor Mother
Character:Sister
Release Date:13/10/1970
Fragment of Fear
Character:Mrs. Gray
Release Date:03/09/1970
The Games
Character:Mrs. Hayes
Release Date:07/08/1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Character:Mrs. Jarley
Release Date:02/07/1970
The Bed Sitting Room
Character:Mother
Release Date:01/06/1969
if....
Character:Matron
Release Date:19/12/1968
Number Ten
Character:Julia Pryton
Release Date:07/10/1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Character:Mrs. Brown
Release Date:22/01/1968
Two a Penny
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1967
Casino Royale
Character:Tea Lady (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1967
The Third Day
Character:Catherine Parsons
Release Date:04/08/1965
The Collector
Character:Aunt Annie
Release Date:17/06/1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Character:Aunt Lil
Release Date:10/02/1965
One Way Pendulum
Character:Aunt Mildred
Release Date:21/01/1965
My Fair Lady
Character:Mrs. Pearce
Release Date:01/12/1964
Night Must Fall
Character:Mrs. Bramson
Release Date:18/03/1964
Billy Liar
Character:Alice Fisher
Release Date:15/08/1963
Operation Stogie
Character:Lady Cormorant
Release Date:05/03/1962
No Love for Johnnie
Character:Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1961
The Brides of Dracula
Character:Helga Lang
Release Date:15/06/1960
Count Your Blessings
Character:Nanny
Release Date:23/04/1959
A Cry from the Streets
Character:Mrs. Daniels
Release Date:12/08/1958
Son of a Stranger
Character:
Release Date:03/03/1958
Stranger in Town
Character:Agnes Smith
Release Date:01/05/1957
The Good Companions
Character:Mrs. Joe
Release Date:22/04/1957
It's Great to be Young!
Character:Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
Release Date:26/12/1956
Circus Friends
Character:Miss Linstead
Release Date:01/10/1956
Loser Takes All
Character:Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1956
Yield to the Night
Character:Mrs. Thomas, landlady
Release Date:19/06/1956
Lost
Character:Librarian
Release Date:31/01/1956
Cast a Dark Shadow
Character:Monica Bare
Release Date:20/09/1955
John and Julie
Character:Miss Rendlesham
Release Date:26/07/1955
To Dorothy, a Son
Character:Midwife Appleby
Release Date:31/10/1954
Betrayed
Character:Waitress (uncredited)
Release Date:07/09/1954
Adventure in the Hopfields
Character:Mrs. McBain
Release Date:06/06/1954
Monsieur Ripois
Character:Landlady
Release Date:01/04/1954
Doctor in the House
Character:Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
Release Date:23/03/1954
The Million Pound Note
Character:Mum with Pram
Release Date:07/01/1954
Johnny on the Run
Character:Mrs MacGregor
Release Date:01/06/1953
The Gambler and the Lady
Character:Miss Minter
Release Date:26/12/1952
Probation Officer
Character:Mrs. Mead
Release Date:31/12/1950
Dark Interval
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1950
Double Confession
Character:Fussy Mother
Release Date:30/04/1950
Adam and Evelyne
Character:Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
Release Date:31/05/1949
Maytime in Mayfair
Character:Lady Levenson
Release Date:24/05/1949
Once Upon a Dream
Character:Vicar's Wife
Release Date:01/02/1949
The Winslow Boy
Character:Miss Barnes
Release Date:24/09/1948
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