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.
Acted in 69
1980s
- 1984
December Flower
Mary Grey
- 1983
Where's the Key?
Mother
- 1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Queen Mother
- 1981
Pygmalion
Mrs. Pearce
Shillingbury Tales
Marjorie Cavendish · 1 episode
- 1980
Therese Raquin
Madame Raquin · 3 episodes
1970s
- 1979
The London Connection
Aunt Lydia
- 1978
Stevie
Aunt
- 1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Ethel Duckworth · 1 episode
- 1976
- 1975
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Jarley
- 1974
- 1973
O Lucky Man!
Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
- 1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Gran Alice Tallent
Six Days of Justice
Chairman of the Bench · 1 episode
Home
Kathleen
- 1970
Fragment of Fear
Mrs. Gray
The Games
Mrs. Hayes
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Mrs. Jarley
Wicked Women
Mama · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mrs. Brown
- 1967
- 1965
The Third Day
Catherine Parsons
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Aunt Lil
One Way Pendulum
Aunt Mildred
- 1964
Night Must Fall
Mrs. Bramson
- 1963
- 1962
Operation Stogie
Lady Cormorant
- 1961
No Love for Johnnie
Well-wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
Knight Errant Limited
Miss Mathilda Lawson-Hardy · 1 episode
Count Your Blessings
Nanny
- 1958
- 1957
Stranger in Town
Agnes Smith
The Good Companions
Mrs. Joe
- 1956
It's Great to be Young!
Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
Circus Friends
Miss Linstead
Loser Takes All
Nurse (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
Harriet · 1 episode
Yield to the Night
Mrs. Thomas, landlady
Lost
Librarian
- 1955
Cast a Dark Shadow
Monica Bare
John and Julie
Miss Rendlesham
- 1954
To Dorothy, a Son
Midwife Appleby
Betrayed
Waitress (uncredited)
Adventure in the Hopfields
Mrs. McBain
Monsieur Ripois
Landlady
Doctor in the House
Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
- 1953
Johnny on the Run
Mrs MacGregor
- 1952
The Gambler and the Lady
Miss Minter
- 1950
Double Confession
Fussy Mother
1940s
- 1949
Adam and Evelyne
Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
Maytime in Mayfair
Lady Levenson
Once Upon a Dream
Vicar's Wife
- 1948
