Acting
Edna Best
- Titles
- 19movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1923 to 1948, busiest in 1930 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 14top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Romance5.7average 3.8
- Family Dynamics6.3average 4.8
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
- Psychological6.1average 5.6
- Nostalgia4.1average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age0.7, average 3.0
- Violence2.3, average 4.2
- Situational Comedy0.9, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy0.8, average 2.4
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Herbert MarshallActorMichael and Mary, The Calendar, The Faithful Heart
Victor SavilleDirectorMichael and Mary, South Riding, The Faithful Heart- IIan DalrympleEditorMichael and Mary, South Riding, The Faithful Heart
Anne GreyActorThe Calendar, The Faithful Heart
D.A. Clarke-SmithActorThe Man Who Knew Too Much, Michael and Mary
Margaret YardeActorMichael and Mary, Prison Without Bars
Laurence HanrayActorThe Faithful Heart, Beyond the Cities
Nigel BruceActorA Dispatch from Reuters, The Calendar
Gordon HarkerActorEscape!, The Calendar
Gene TierneyActorThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Iron Curtain- MMilton KrimsWriterA Dispatch from Reuters, The Iron Curtain
Max SteinerComposerIntermezzo: A Love Story, A Dispatch from Reuters
Movies and TV shows
22Type
1950s
3 titles · average score 78
TV show · as Dorothy Redford
TV show · as Lady Anne Pettigrew
TV show · as Pauline Martin
1940s
6 titles · average score 65
as Mrs. Albert Foster
as Martha Huggins
as Catherine Apley
as Elizabeth Robinson
as Ida Magnus Reuter
1930s
12 titles · average score 68
as Margit Brandt
as Sarah Barton
as Yvonne Chanel
as Jill Lawrence
as Norah Kerr
as Blackie Anderway / Blackie's Daughter
as Mary Rowe
as Jill Panniford
as Mary Hayes
as The Gentlewoman In Bed
as Nina Grant
as She
1920s
1 title
as Molly Roarke