Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 27, 1903
Died
Nov 15, 1988
Place of Birth
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
Credits
75 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
December Flower
Mary Grey
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Queen Mother
Pygmalion
Mrs. Pearce
Celebrity Playhouse
Mrs. Pearce
Brideshead Revisited
Nanny Hawkins
Shillingbury Tales
Marjorie Cavendish
Therese Raquin
Madame Raquin
The London Connection
Aunt Lydia
Stevie
Aunt
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Ethel Duckworth
The Blue Bird
Grandmother
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Jarley
Identikit
Mrs. Helen Fiedke
Centre Play
Hilda
O Lucky Man!
Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
I Spy a Stranger
Mrs. Hudson
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Gran Alice Tallent
Six Days of Justice
Chairman of the Bench
Home
Kathleen
Play for Today
Poor Mother
Sister
Fragment of Fear
Mrs. Gray
The Games
Mrs. Hayes
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Mrs. Jarley
Wicked Women
Mama
The Bed Sitting Room
Mother
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mrs. Fumble
if....
Matron
Number Ten
Julia Pryton
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mrs. Brown
Two a Penny
ITV Playhouse
Julia Pyrton
Casino Royale
Tea Lady (uncredited)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mrs. Hudson
The Third Day
Catherine Parsons
The Collector
Aunt Annie
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Aunt Lil
One Way Pendulum
Aunt Mildred
My Fair Lady
Mrs. Pearce
Night Must Fall
Mrs. Bramson
Billy Liar
Alice Fisher
Operation Stogie
Lady Cormorant
No Love for Johnnie
Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
The Brides of Dracula
Helga Lang
Knight Errant Limited
Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy
Count Your Blessings
Nanny
A Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Daniels
Son of a Stranger
Stranger in Town
Agnes Smith
The Good Companions
Mrs. Joe