Edna Best

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edna Best

Born	Edna Hove (1900-03-03)3 March 1900 Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Died	18 September 1974(1974-09-18) (aged 74) Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921–1959
Spouse(s)	Nat Wolff (m. 1940–59); his death Herbert Marshall (m. 1928–40); divorced; 1 child Seymour Beard (19??-19??); divorced

Edna Best (3 March 1900 – 18 September 1974) was a British actress. Born in Hove, Sussex, England, she was educated in Brighton and later studied dramatic acting under Miss Kate Rorke who was the first Professor of Drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Best was known on the London stage before she entered films in 1921, having made her debut at the Grand Theatre, Southampton in Charley's Aunt in 1917. She also won a silver swimming cup as the lady swimming champion of Sussex.

She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. Among her other film credits are Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), Swiss Family Robinson (1940), The Late George Apley and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (both 1947) and The Iron Curtain (1948).

She received a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1957 for her role in This Happy Breed. Best had appeared on television as early as 1938, in a production of the play Love from a Stranger, adapted from the Agatha Christie short story Philomel Cottage by Frank Vosper. The Wednesday afternoon broadcast was aired live, not recorded, and could be seen only in London due to the limitations of the nascent technology.

Personal life

She was married three times and divorced twice. Her marriage to actor Herbert Marshall (from 1928 until 1940) produced her only child, a daughter, actress Sarah Marshall. Her final marriage, to Nat Wolff, ended with his death in 1959.

Edna Best has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard.

Death

She died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1974, aged 74.

Selected filmography

External links

Edna Best at the Internet Movie Database
Edna Best at the Internet Broadway Database
Edna Best at Find a Grave

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56810974 LCCN: n86140049 ISNI: 0000 0000 6302 4481 SUDOC: 066936977 BNF: cb14039061q

Persondata
Name	Best, Edna
Alternative names	Hove, Edna
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	3 March 1900
Place of birth	Hove, Sussex, England
Date of death	18 September 1974
Place of death	Geneva, Switzerland

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.