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
- Meat and Romance
- Sauce for the Gander as Secretary
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Reporter (uncredited)
- Idiot's Delight as Nurse #4
1938
- Rawhide as Peggy Gehrig
- Wanted by the Police as Kathleen Murphy
- Hawaiian Buckaroo as Paula Harrington
1936
- Three of a Kind as Barbara Penfield
- Bulldog Edition as Randy Burns
- Laughing Irish Eyes as Peggy Kelly
1935
- Ladies Crave Excitement as Wilma Howell
- Confidential as Maxine Travers
- The Fire-Trap as Betty Marshall
- One Frightened Night as The Fake Doris Waverly
1934
- Speed Wings as Mary Stuart
- A Man's Game as Judy Manners
- In Old Santa Fe as Lila Miller
1933
- Air Hostess as Kitty King
- His Private Secretary as Marion Hall
- Perils of Pauline as Pauline Hargrave
- Corruption as Ellen Manning
- State Trooper as June Brady
- The Vanishing Frontier as Carol Winfield
- Police Car 17 as Helen Regan
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Sally Patter
1932
- Taxi! as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)
- A Successful Calamity as Peggy Wilton
- Big City Blues as Jo-Jo (uncredited)
- This Sporting Age as Mickey Steele
- Fireman, Save My Child as Sally Toby
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Doris
- High Pressure as Helen Wilson
- Madame Racketeer as Alice Hicks
- Slightly Married as Mary Smith
- The Night Mayor as Doree Dawn
1931
- The Millionaire as Barbara Alden
- Smart Money as Irene Graham
- Side Show as Irene
- 50 Million Frenchmen as Miss Wheeler-Smith
- The Bargain as Vorencia
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' as Herself
1930
- Taxi Talks
- Mothers Cry as Jenny Williams
- River's End as Miriam
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
- Chills and Fever as Betty
- Sinners' Holiday as Jennie
- All Stuck Up