Evalyn Knapp
Born: 1908-06-17 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died: 1981-06-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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". Knapp achieved success in cliffhanger serials, which were popular at the time. She played the title character in the 1933 serial The Perils of Pauline. One of her better known film roles was opposite Ken Maynard in the 1934 film In Old Santa Fe. Her career flourished through 1941, but slowed afterward. In 1943, she played her last role, which was uncredited, in Two Weeks To Live, starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff in one of the Lum and Abner films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Evalyn Knapp, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1941
- The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Evelyn Jordan
- Roar of the Press as Evelyn
1940
- Girl in 313 as Arrested Girl
- Sauce for the Gander as Secretary
- Meat and Romance
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Reporter (uncredited)
- Idiot's Delight as Nurse #4
1938
- Hawaiian Buckaroo as Paula Harrington
- Rawhide as Peggy Gehrig
- Wanted by the Police as Kathleen Murphy
1936
- Bulldog Edition as Randy Burns
- Three of a Kind as Barbara Penfield
- Laughing Irish Eyes as Peggy Kelly
1935
- Confidential as Maxine Travers
- Ladies Crave Excitement as Wilma Howell
- One Frightened Night as The Fake Doris Waverly
- The Fire-Trap as Betty Marshall
1934
- Speed Wings as Mary Stuart
- In Old Santa Fe as Lila Miller
- A Man's Game as Judy Manners
1933
- Corruption as Ellen Manning
- His Private Secretary as Marion Hall
- Perils of Pauline as Pauline Hargrave
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Sally Patter
- The Vanishing Frontier as Carol Winfield
- Police Car 17 as Helen Regan
- Air Hostess as Kitty King
- State Trooper as June Brady
1932
- Taxi! as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)
- Madame Racketeer as Alice Hicks
- High Pressure as Helen Wilson
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Doris
- A Successful Calamity as Peggy Wilton
- This Sporting Age as Mickey Steele
- Fireman, Save My Child as Sally Toby
- Big City Blues as Jo-Jo (uncredited)
- The Night Mayor as Doree Dawn
- Slightly Married as Mary Smith
1931
- Smart Money as Irene Graham
- The Bargain as Vorencia
- Side Show as Irene
- The Millionaire as Barbara Alden
- 50 Million Frenchmen as Miss Wheeler-Smith
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' as Herself
1930
- Mothers Cry as Jenny Williams
- Sinners' Holiday as Jennie
- Taxi Talks
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
- River's End as Miriam
- Chills and Fever as Betty
- All Stuck Up