Mona Washbourne
Actress

Mona Washbourne Net Worth

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Mona Washbourne was a beloved British character actor who was known for her roles as working-class characters such as midwives, barmaids, nannies, landladies, and factory workers. She began her career in 1924 as a pianist and soubrette in a concert party, and went on to perform in various repertory companies. She earned her first major dramatic success in 1937 with "Mourning Becomes Electra" and won kudos for her roles in "Blithe Spirit" (1945) and "The Winslow Boy" (1946). She transferred her role in "The Winslow Boy" to film in the postwar years and went on to play a variety of roles in films such as "Doctor in the House" (1954), "Cast a Dark Shadow" (1955), "Billy Liar" (1963), "My Fair Lady" (1964), and "The Collector" (1965). She also earned a Tony nomination for her role in "Home" (1970) and won critical acclaim for her role in the play and film "Stevie" (1978). Mona passed away in 1988 at the age of 84.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day November 19, 1927
Birth Place  Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Age 96 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1920

Washbourne was performing professionally from the early 1920s. She married the actor Basil Dignam. Her brother-in-law Mark Dignam was also a stage and film actor. In 1948, after numerous stage musical performances, Washbourne began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula, Billy Liar (1963) and The Collector (1965). She played Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964), the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the Matron in the film, If.... (1968).

1970

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).

1981

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. She died, aged 84, in London.

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Tags 1903 births 1988 deaths English film actresses English pianists English stage actresses English television actresses Actresses from London People from Birmingham, West Midlands 20th-century English actresses 20th-century pianists 20th-century English musicians

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