- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 13, 1899
- Place of Birth
- Chloride, Arizona, USA
- Died
- June 16, 1923
Evelyn Nelson
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
movieDesert Rider
1923 · Carolyn Grey
movieThe Forbidden Trail
1923 · Isobel Lorraine
moviePeaceful Peters
1922 · Mary Langdon
movieThe Crow's Nest
1922 · Patricia Benton
movieThe Desert Bridegroom
1922 · Matilda Ann Carter
movieThe Desert's Crucible
1922
movieTwo-Fisted Jefferson
1922 · Mollie Miller
movieThe Double O
1921 · Frances Powell
movieThe Recoil
1921 · Frances Powell
movieA Motion to Adjourn
1921 · Louise Warner
movieHills of Hate
1921 · Ann La Vere
movieThe Broken Spur
1921 · 'Angel' Lambert
movieDead or Alive
1921 · Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
movieCyclone Bliss
1921 · Helen Turner
movieHis Jonah Day
1920 · The Girl
movieThe Backyard
1920 · Urchin Girl
A Pajama Marriage
movieA Pajama Marriage
1920
movieThe Trouble Hunter
1920 · The Salvation Army lassie
movieThe Decorator
1920
movieSpringtime
1920 · The Commissioner's Daughter
movieDon't Park Here
1919 · The Girl