Mona Washbourne

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	Acting
Most Rating	16.11
Birthday	1903-11-27
Place of Birth	Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
Also Known As	Mona Lee Washbourne,

Yield to the Night

The Brides of Dracula

The Bed Sitting Room

Billy Liar

Cast a Dark Shadow

The Collector

The Gambler and the Lady

Night Must Fall

The Games

Identikit

What Became of Jack and Jill?

The Winslow Boy

Ferry Cross the Mersey

The Third Day

Dark Interval

One Way Pendulum

Stranger in Town

The Old Curiosity Shop

Stevie

The Good Companions

Home

My Fair Lady

Count Your Blessings

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

A Cry from the Streets

Loser Takes All

Once Upon a Dream

O Lucky Man!

if....

Lost

The London Connection

It's Great to be Young!

Fragment of Fear

To Dorothy, a Son

The Million Pound Note

The Blue Bird

Maytime in Mayfair

Double Confession

December Flower

Probation Officer

Pygmalion

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Adventure in the Hopfields

Casino Royale

Two A Penny

Doctor in the House

Circus Friends

Johnny on the Run

Son of a Stranger

Betrayed

Number Ten

Poor Mother

I Spy a Stranger

Monsieur Ripois

Adam and Evelyne