Belgravia in City of Westminster in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Dame Edith Evans

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 27, 2026

1. Dame Edith Evans Marker

Inscription.
Dame Edith Evans
1888-1976
Actress
lived here

Erected 1997 by English Heritage.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women.

Location. 51° 29.643′ N, 0° 8.951′ W. Marker is in City of Westminster, England, in Greater London. It is in Belgravia. It is on Ebury Street north of Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 109 Ebury Street, City of Westminster, England SW1W, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: George Moore (within shouting distance of this marker); Mary Shelley (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Gerald Road Police Station

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(about 150 meters away); Sir Noël Coward (about 210 meters away); Neville Chamberlain (about 210 meters away); Prince Metternich (about 210 meters away); Queen Wilhelmina (about 210 meters away); Matthew Arnold (about 240 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in City of Westminster.

Also see . . .
1. Edith Evans (Wikipedia). Overview:

Dame Edith Mary Evans (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the West End stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was nominated for three Academy Awards.

Evans's stage career spanned sixty years, during which she played more than 100 roles, in classics by Shakespeare, Congreve, Goldsmith, Sheridan and Wilde, and plays by contemporary writers including Bernard Shaw, Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry and Noël Coward.…

(Submitted on March 27, 2026.)

2. Evans, Dame Edith (1888-1976) (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

Evans lived with her parents at 109 Ebury Street from 1890 until about 1912. As the daughter of a minor public servant, she had a comfortable
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 27, 2026

2. Dame Edith Evans Marker - wide view
upbringing if not a privileged one: she recalled that ‘I always had a bedroom to myself’.

She made her amateur début in October 1910, playing Viola in Twelfth Night. Her professional stage début – in a production of a sixth-century Hindu classic, Sakuntala – came two years later, the same year she and her family left number 109.

(Submitted on March 27, 2026.)

Additional keywords. blue plaque

Dorothy Wilding, courtesy of Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library

3. Edith Evans

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 27, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.