--- name: "Edna Best" canonical: "https://film.one/person/edna-best" fi1m_id: "edna-best" imdb_id: "nm0078923" tmdb_id: 88569 wikidata_id: "Q445510" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 March 1900" died: "18 September 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T04:12:28.275718+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Edna Best ## Identity Edna Best - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edna-best - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** edna-best - **IMDb ID:** nm0078923 - **TMDB ID:** 88569 - **Wikidata ID:** Q445510 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Best, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445510, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88569 Actor. Born 3 March 1900 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. Died 18 September 1974. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 March 1900, Hove, East Sussex, England, UK - **Died:** 18 September 1974 - **Also known as:** Edna Clara Best - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Best, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445510, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88569 ## Biography Edna Best (born Edna Clara Best) was a British actress. She was born on 3 March 1900 in Hove, Sussex, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She made her stage debut in 1917 in a production of Charley's Aunt and became known on the London stage, notably for her performance in The Constant Nymph. Best entered films in the 1920s and appeared in both British and Hollywood productions. She is known for her roles as Jill Lawrence in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Margit Brandt in Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), and Martha Huggins in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). She also appeared in Swiss Family Robinson (1940) and received an Emmy nomination in 1957 for a television performance in This Happy Breed. Best was married three times, including to actor Herbert Marshall, and had three children, one of whom was actress Sarah Marshall. She died on 18 September 1974 in Geneva, Switzerland. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Fi1m 84, as Martha Huggins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md) ## Complete filmography (22) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, as Dorothy Redford - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Lady Anne Pettigrew - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Pauline Martin - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor - *The Iron Curtain* (1948), as Mrs. Albert Foster - *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), as Martha Huggins — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md) - *The Late George Apley* (1947), as Catherine Apley - *A Dispatch from Reuters* (1940), as Ida Magnus Reuter - *Swiss Family Robinson* (1940), as Elizabeth Robinson - *Intermezzo: A Love Story* (1939), as Margit Brandt - *Prison Without Bars* (1938), as Yvonne Chanel - *South Riding* (1938), as Sarah Barton - *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 - *Michael and Mary* (1931), as Mary Rowe - *The Calendar* (1931), as Jill Panniford - *Beyond the Cities* (1930), as Mary Hayes - *Escape!* (1930), as The Gentlewoman In Bed - *Loose Ends* (1930), as Nina Grant - *Sleeping Partners* (1930), as She - *A Couple of Down and Outs* (1923), as Molly Roarke ## Gallery - ![Edna Best](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-dee96d76a8de.jpg) Edna Best — George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Edna_Best.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Edna Best & Ingrid Bergman in the American remake romantic film Intermezzo (1939). No copyright notice.](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-5cf91eb730af.jpg) Edna Best & Ingrid Bergman in the American remake romantic film Intermezzo (1939). No copyright notice. — Selznick International Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Edna_Best_Ingrid_Bergman_Intermezzo_1939.jpg/1280px-Edna_Best_Ingrid_Bergman_Intermezzo_1939.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dinah Partlett (Edna Best) and Tony Blunt (Owen Nares) in West End production of 'Quarantine' (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-a504eeac465a.png) Dinah Partlett (Edna Best) and Tony Blunt (Owen Nares) in West End production of 'Quarantine' (1922) — Photo by Foulsham and Banfield, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/%27Quarantine%27_%281922%29_Edna_Best_and_Owen_Nares.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Edna Best, then Mrs. Samuel Beard, and A. E. Matthews, who has just joined her in the cast of 'Quarantine', look at photos of each other's twin sons. (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-74b35da30988.png) Edna Best, then Mrs. Samuel Beard, and A. E. Matthews, who has just joined her in the cast of 'Quarantine', look at photos of each other's twin sons. (1922) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Edna_Best_and_A._E._Matthews_in_1922.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Edna Best](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-d5956f773b7f.jpg) Edna Best — Image via TMDB - ![Edna Best](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-437abec23225.jpg) Edna Best — Image via TMDB - ![Edna Best with Owen Nares and an unknown actor in the West End production of 'Quarantine' (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/3862728/gallery-88fdc7ad75cd.png) Edna Best with Owen Nares and an unknown actor in the West End production of 'Quarantine' (1922) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/%27Quarantine%27_%281922%29_Edna_Best%2C_unknown_actor%2C_and_Owen_Nares.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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