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