Evelyn Nelson
Born: 1899-11-13 in Chloride, Arizona, USA
Died: 1923-06-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1923
- Desert Rider as Carolyn Grey
- The Forbidden Trail as Isobel Lorraine
1922
- Peaceful Peters as Mary Langdon
- The Desert's Crucible
- The Crow's Nest as Patricia Benton
- Two-Fisted Jefferson as Mollie Miller
- The Desert Bridegroom as Matilda Ann Carter
1921
- Cyclone Bliss as Helen Turner
- The Double O as Frances Powell
- The Recoil as Frances Powell
- Hills of Hate as Ann La Vere
- The Broken Spur as 'Angel' Lambert
- A Motion to Adjourn as Louise Warner
- Dead or Alive as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
1920
- The Decorator
- Springtime as The Commissioner's Daughter
- His Jonah Day as The Girl
- The Backyard as Urchin Girl
- The Trouble Hunter as The Salvation Army lassie
- A Pajama Marriage
1919
- Don't Park Here as The Girl