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.
Filmography
Desert Rider
1923
as Carolyn Grey
The Forbidden Trail
1923
as Isobel Lorraine
Peaceful Peters
1922
as Mary Langdon
The Crow's Nest
1922
as Patricia Benton
The Desert Bridegroom
1922
as Matilda Ann Carter
The Desert's Crucible
1922
Two-Fisted Jefferson
1922
as Mollie Miller
The Double O
1921
as Frances Powell
The Recoil
1921
as Frances Powell
A Motion to Adjourn
1921
as Louise Warner
Hills of Hate
1921
as Ann La Vere
The Broken Spur
1921
as 'Angel' Lambert
Dead or Alive
1921
as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
Cyclone Bliss
1921
as Helen Turner
His Jonah Day
1920
as The Girl
The Backyard
1920
as Urchin Girl
- No poster
A Pajama Marriage
1920
The Trouble Hunter
1920
as The Salvation Army lassie
The Decorator
1920
Springtime
1920
as The Commissioner's Daughter
Don't Park Here
1919
as The Girl