 She played a Swedish mother reminiscing about the births, deaths, and lives of her children in DeWitt Bodeen's play, "Harvest of Years" in 1946 (Evanson's performance was called "poignant" by the "Los Angeles Times").Although Evanson had played one of the aunts in the 1948 film "I Remember Mama", she portrayed Mama herself on stage just a year later.Director George Cukor, a friend of Evanson, asked her to coach Marilyn Monroe on a Swedish accent for Monroe's role in the unfinished film "Something's Got to Give" (from which Monroe was eventually fired).