Evelyn Nelson
- Acting
- November 13, 1899 · Chloride, Arizona, USA
- June 16, 1923
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Desert Rider · Carolyn Grey
- The Forbidden Trail · Isobel Lorraine
- Peaceful Peters · Mary Langdon
- The Crow's Nest · Patricia Benton
- The Desert Bridegroom · Matilda Ann Carter
- The Desert's Crucible
- Two-Fisted Jefferson · Mollie Miller
- The Double O · Frances Powell
- The Recoil · Frances Powell
- A Motion to Adjourn · Louise Warner
- Hills of Hate · Ann La Vere
- The Broken Spur · 'Angel' Lambert
- Dead or Alive · Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
- Cyclone Bliss · Helen Turner
- His Jonah Day · The Girl
- The Backyard · Urchin Girl
- A Pajama Marriage
- The Trouble Hunter · The Salvation Army lassie
- The Decorator
- Springtime · The Commissioner's Daughter
- Don't Park Here · The Girl