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Edna Best
  • Birth Name:
    Edna Hove
  • Date of Birth:
    March 3, 1900
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Pisces
  • Place of Birth:
    Hove, England
  • Place of Death:
    Geneva, Switzerland
  • Date of Death:
    September 18, 1974
  • Height:
    5' 5"
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    British

Family

Edna Best
  • Spouse:
    Nat Wolff (1940-1959) (his death), Herbert Marshall (1928-1940), Seymour Beard
  • Daughter:
    Sarah Marshall

Career

Edna Best

Trivia

Edna Best
  • Edna Best's most memorable movie assignment included the mother of kidnap victim Nova Pilbeam in Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and the wife of prodigal violinist Leslie Howard in Intermezzo (1939).
  • Ms. Best's New York stage triumphs included the starring roles in Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion and Maugham's Jane.
  • Her most frequent stage co-star was Herbert Marshall, to whom she was married from 1928 until 1940; their daughter Sarah Marshall became an actress herself in the 1950s.
  • Making her first stage appearance at age 17, British actress Edna Best scored a substantial hit in the original 1926 staging of The Constant Nymph.

Biography

Edna Best
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Edna Best (March 3, 1900 September 18, 1974) was a British actress. Born in Hove, England, Best entered films in 1921. 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).

She received a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1957 for her role in This Happy Breed. She was married to the actor Herbert Marshall from 1928 until 1940. They were the parents of the actress Sarah Marshall.

Edna Best has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard. She died in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Edna Best

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