Actor
Evalyn Knapp
June 17, 1908 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Evalyn Knapp (June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981) was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s, and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movie serial actress in the 1930s.
Born as Evelyn Pauline Knapp in Kansas City, Missouri in 1906, Knapp started acting in silent films, her first role being in the 1929 film At The Dentist's. In 1932, Knapp was one of fourteen girls, including Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart, selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars".
Notable work
Often works with
Guy Kibbee
5 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Taxi!, Big City Blues
James Cagney
4 titles together
Taxi!, Smart Money, Sinners' Holiday
Grant Mitchell
3 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Big City Blues, A Successful Calamity
Polly Walters
3 titles together
Taxi!, Smart Money, High Pressure
Edward Arnold
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Idiot's Delight
Charles Lane
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Smart Money
Full filmography · 48
Roar of the Press
as Evelyn
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Evelyn Jordan
1941
Meat and Romance
cast
1940
Girl in 313
as Arrested Girl
1940
Sauce for the Gander
as Secretary
1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Reporter (uncredited)
19397.8
Idiot's Delight
as Nurse #4
1939
Wanted by the Police
as Kathleen Murphy
1938
Rawhide
as Peggy Gehrig
1938
Hawaiian Buckaroo
as Paula Harrington
1938
Bulldog Edition
as Randy Burns
1936
Three of a Kind
as Barbara Penfield
1936