Mona Lee Washbourne was an English actress of stage, film, and television.
11 Facts About Mona Washbourne
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Mona Washbourne was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist.
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Mona Washbourne's sister Kathleen Washbourne was a violinist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult.
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Mona Washbourne's brother-in-law Mark Dignam was a stage and film actor.
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In 1948, after numerous stage musical performances, Washbourne began appearing in films.
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Mona Washbourne is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs Pearce in My Fair Lady.
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Mona Washbourne appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall, and the Matron in the film, If.
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Mona Washbourne appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home.
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Mona Washbourne was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
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Mona Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie.
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In 1981, Mona Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins.