Evalyn Knapp
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Taxi!
as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited) 1932
Smart Money
as Irene Graham 1931
His Private Secretary
as Marion Hall 1933
One Frightened Night
as The Fake Doris Waverly 1935
Idiot's Delight
as Nurse #4 1939
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Doris 1932
Big City Blues
as Jo-Jo (uncredited) 1932
High Pressure
as Helen Wilson 1932
Sinners' Holiday
as Jennie 1930
Girl in 313
as Arrested Girl 1940
Three of a Kind
as Barbara Penfield 1936
Air Hostess
as Kitty King 1933
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Evelyn Jordan 1941
A Successful Calamity
as Peggy Wilton 1932
Rawhide
as Peggy Gehrig 1938
Corruption
as Ellen Manning 1933