Monica Evans (born 7 June 1940) is an English retired actress known for her portrayal of Cecily Pigeon in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple.
[1] She was in the original Broadway cast for its entire run, then appeared in the 1968 film version, and finally appeared in some episodes of the first season of the television series based on the play, all in the same role, alongside Carole Shelley as her sister Gwendolyn Pigeon.
[2][3] She also provided voices for the two animated films for Walt Disney Productions, such as The Aristocats (1970), as Abigail Gabble (the Goose) (alongside Shelley as Amelia Gabble) and Robin Hood (1973) as Maid Marian, a vixen (again alongside Shelley as her handmaiden, Lady Kluck, a chicken).
[4] Evans trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama in the 1950s and was the stand-in for Joan Plowright in Rhinoceros.
After her return to the UK she married BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Cash.