Acting
Edna Best
- Titles
- 18movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1923 to 1948, busiest in 1930 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 14top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.9average 3.6
- Mystery6.5average 4.1
- Family Dynamics6.3average 4.7
- Politics4.0average 2.6
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
- Scare3.4average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.4, average 2.9
- Social Commentary3.7, average 4.9
- Absurdist Humor0.9, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Herbert MarshallActorThe Calendar, Michael and Mary, The Faithful Heart- IIan DalrympleEditorMichael and Mary, South Riding, The Faithful Heart
Victor SavilleDirectorMichael and Mary, South Riding, The Faithful Heart
Anne GreyActorThe Calendar, The Faithful Heart
Laurence HanrayActorThe Faithful Heart, Beyond the Cities
Margaret YardeActorMichael and Mary, Prison Without Bars
Gordon HarkerActorThe Calendar, Escape!
Nigel BruceActorA Dispatch from Reuters, The Calendar
D.A. Clarke-SmithActorThe Man Who Knew Too Much, Michael and Mary
Gene TierneyActorThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Iron Curtain
Angus MacPhailWriterThe Calendar, Michael and Mary- MMilton KrimsWriterThe Iron Curtain, A Dispatch from Reuters
Movies and TV shows
221950s
3 titles · average score 77
71
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
TV show · as Dorothy Redford
83
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV show · as Lady Anne Pettigrew
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV show · as Pauline Martin
1940s
6 titles · average score 67
The Iron Curtain (1948)
as Mrs. Albert Foster
76
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
as Martha Huggins
68
The Late George Apley (1947)
as Catherine Apley
63
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Ida Magnus Reuter
59
Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
as Elizabeth Robinson
1930s
12 titles · average score 66
66
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
as Margit Brandt
South Riding (1938)
as Sarah Barton
Prison Without Bars (1938)
as Yvonne Chanel
65
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
as Jill Lawrence
The Key (1934)
as Norah Kerr
The Faithful Heart (1932)
as Blackie Anderway / Blackie's Daughter
The Calendar (1931)
as Jill Panniford
Michael and Mary (1931)
as Mary Rowe
Beyond the Cities (1930)
as Mary Hayes
Escape! (1930)
as The Gentlewoman In Bed
Sleeping Partners (1930)
as She
Loose Ends (1930)
as Nina Grant
1920s
1 title
A Couple of Down and Outs (1923)
as Molly Roarke