Cast
Evelyn Nelson
Acting
Cast
Evelyn Nelson
Known for
Acting
Born
1899-11-13
From
Chloride, Arizona, USA
Died
1923-06-16
Also known as Dorris Evelyn Nelson
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.
MOVIE1921
Cyclone Bliss
as Helen Turner
★9.0
MOVIE1920
A Pajama Marriage
★7.0
MOVIE1921
Hills of Hate
as Ann La Vere
★7.0
MOVIE1922
Two-Fisted Jefferson
as Mollie Miller
★9.0
MOVIE1922
The Desert's Crucible
★9.0
MOVIE1921
A Motion to Adjourn
as Louise Warner
★8.0
MOVIE1921
Dead or Alive
as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
★10.0
MOVIE1922
The Desert Bridegroom
as Matilda Ann Carter
★8.0
MOVIE1922
The Crow's Nest
as Patricia Benton
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Don't Park Here
as The Girl
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The Trouble Hunter
as The Salvation Army lassie
★8.0
MOVIE1921
The Broken Spur
as 'Angel' Lambert
★10.0
MOVIE1921
The Recoil
as Frances Powell
★6.0
MOVIE1923
Desert Rider
as Carolyn Grey
★6.3
MOVIE1920
The Decorator
★7.0
MOVIE1920
His Jonah Day
as The Girl
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Peaceful Peters
as Mary Langdon
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Springtime
as The Commissioner's Daughter
★8.0
MOVIE1921
The Double O
as Frances Powell
★7.5
MOVIE1920
The Backyard
as Urchin Girl
★6.5
MOVIE1923
The Forbidden Trail
as Isobel Lorraine