Evelyn Finley
- Troupe
- 11 marzo 1916 · Douglas, Arizona, USA
- 7 aprile 1989
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Silverado · Stunts
- Una strana coppia di sbirri · Old Lady in Bed (uncredited)
- Piano... piano dolce Carlotta · Stunts
- Robinson nell'isola dei corsari · Stunts
- Il forte delle amazzoni · Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
- Perils of the Wilderness · Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
- Oceano rosso · Stunts
- Le Avventure di Hajji Baba · Stunts
- La pista degli elefanti · Stunts
- Il diamante del re · Slave Girl
- Il traditore di Forte Alamo · Stunt Double
- Terra bruciata · Stunt Double
- Confessione di una ragazza · Stunts
- Woman of the North Country · Stunts
- Scaramouche · Stunts
- Donne verso l'ignoto · Pioneer Woman (uncredited), Stunts
- Il cacciatore 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
- Il magnifico avventuriero · 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
- 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
- La luce che si spense · Stunts
- I cavalieri del Texas · Stunt Double