Evelyn Finley
- Equipo
- 11 de marzo de 1916 · Douglas, Arizona, USA
- 7 de abril de 1989
Biografía
Evelyn Ruth Finley was known as the most accomplished stunt rider in the western genre. Famous director William A. Wellman was one of many who regarded her as the best in the business. She worked with horses from early childhood and grew up a tomboy on her father's ranch. Her dad had promised 'to put her into pictures', but how she eventually arrived in Hollywood is unclear. Winning a beauty contest as 'Miss Albuquerque' might have helped. The year was 1936 and her first picture was as stunt double to Jean Parker. By 1940, Evelyn was under contract at Monogram where her skills in the saddle quickly promoted her to leading lady opposite the likes of Tex Ritter, Tom Keene, Johnny Mack Brown and Buster Crabbe. As blonde Eve Anderson, she got to star in one of the last serials made at Columbia, Perils of the Wilderness (1956). However, Evelyn preferred the stunt work to acting, often doubling on horseback for glamorous stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Loretta Young. She remained involved in her area of expertise, either actively or as technical adviser, well into the 1980's. When not working in the film industry, she toured as an equestrian performer at different circuses. Evelyn was inducted into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.
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Filmografía
- Silverado · Stunts
- Una extraña pareja de polis · Old Lady in Bed (uncredited)
- Canción de cuna para un cadáver · Stunts
- Los robinsones de los mares del sur · Stunts
- Brigada de mujeres · Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
- Perils of the Wilderness · Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
- Callejón sangriento · Stunts
- Amazonas negras · Stunts
- La senda de los elefantes · Stunts
- The Diamond Queen · Slave Girl
- El desertor de El Álamo · Stunt Double
- Emboscada en Tomahawk Gap · Stunt Double
- One Girl's Confession · Stunts
- Woman of the North Country · Stunts
- Scaramouche · Stunts
- Caravana de mujeres · Pioneer Woman (uncredited), Stunts
- Más allá del Missouri · Stunt Double
- Mule Train · Stunt Double
- The Cowboy and the Indians · Stunt Double
- Gunning for Justice · Winnie Stewart
- The Sheriff of Medicine Bow · Nan Prentiss, Stunts
- Prairie Rustlers · Helen Foster
- El caballero del Oeste · Stunt Double
- Ghost Guns · Ann Jordan, Stunts
- Take It Big · Violet Thompson (uncredited), Stunt Double
- Valley Of Vengeance · Helen Miller, Stunts
- Sundown Riders · Donna Frazier, Stunts
- Aventuras de Jack London · Stunts
- Black Market Rustlers · Linda Prescott
- Cowboy Commandos · Joan Cameron, Stunts
- Trail Riders · Mary Rand
- Home in Wyomin' · Stunt Double
- Cowboy Serenade · Stunt Double
- Man from Cheyenne · Stunt Double
- Red River Valley · Stunt Double
- Jesse James at Bay · Stunt Double
- Dynamite Canyon · Midge Reed
- Arizona Frontier · Honey Lane
- The Light That Failed · Stunts
- Milicias de paz · Stunt Double