Evelyn Nelson
Actor
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
Desert Rider
as Carolyn Grey 1923
Don't Park Here
as The Girl 1919
The Forbidden Trail
as Isobel Lorraine 1923
His Jonah Day
as The Girl 1920
The Backyard
as Urchin Girl 1920
Cyclone Bliss
as Helen Turner 1921
Hills of Hate
as Ann La Vere 1921
The Double O
as Frances Powell 1921
Peaceful Peters
as Mary Langdon 1922
The Crow's Nest
as Patricia Benton 1922
The Desert Bridegroom
1922
The Desert's Crucible
1922
Two-Fisted Jefferson
as Mollie Miller 1922
The Recoil
1921
A Motion to Adjourn
as Louise Warner 1921
The Broken Spur
as 'Angel' Lambert 1921