Actor
Evelyn Nelson
November 13, 1899 · Chloride, Arizona, USA
Doris Evelyn Nelson was an American silent film actress and dancer. When she was a child her family moved to Los Angeles, California where she started dancing in the Bull's Eye Follies. Her brief film career began with a 1920 comedy short called "Springtime" where she played against Oliver Hardy. She appears in 20 film productions. A passionate affair with married actor Wallace Reid tragically ended in January 1923 when he died of a drug overdose. On June 16, 1923 Evelyn Nelson committed suicide by turning on the gas in her apartment.
Often works with
Jack Hoxie
10 titles together
Desert Rider, The Forbidden Trail, The Crow's Nest
Jimmy Aubrey
5 titles together
The Decorator, His Jonah Day, The Backyard
Oliver Hardy
5 titles together
The Decorator, His Jonah Day, The Backyard
Thomas G. Lingham
4 titles together
Desert Rider, The Forbidden Trail, The Crow's Nest
Marin Sais
4 titles together
The Forbidden Trail, Hills of Hate, The Broken Spur
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Claude Payton
4 titles together
Desert Rider, The Desert Bridegroom, The Desert's Crucible
Full filmography · 21
Desert Rider
as Carolyn Grey
1923
The Forbidden Trail
as Isobel Lorraine
1923
Peaceful Peters
as Mary Langdon
1922
The Crow's Nest
as Patricia Benton
1922
The Desert Bridegroom
as Matilda Ann Carter
1922The Desert's Crucible
cast
1922
Two-Fisted Jefferson
as Mollie Miller
1922The Double O
as Frances Powell
1921
The Recoil
as Frances Powell
1921
A Motion to Adjourn
as Louise Warner
1921
Hills of Hate
as Ann La Vere
1921
The Broken Spur
as 'Angel' Lambert
1921