American film actress. Best known for her many appearances in popular westerns of the 1930s. Appeared in over 46 films between 1929-1946. During the 50's, she starred in four radio shows and the television show the Hollywood Reporter.
At 12, she was working in a stock theater company. By 16 she was in silent films as leading lady for the comedian Lupino Lane. Films include Young Ironsides with Charley Chase; Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel and Hardy; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a a Frank Capra film; Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell; and The Prizefighter and the Lady with Myrna Loy. She also appeared in numerous popular westerns alongside Tex Ritter, John Wayne, Tom Mix, William Boyd, and Buck Jones.
Married to Michael Cudahy, from a wealthy meatpacking family, from 1929 to 1932. Her second husband, Marshall R. Worchester, a Theatrical Agent, married from 1936 until his death in 1971.
Awarded the Way Out West Tent Lifetime Achievement Award and received the Golden Boot Award for her work in Westerns. She made a smooth transition from silent pictures to talkies because of her pleasant speaking voice. Evans made her last film appearance in a 2000 documentary, I Used to Be in Pictures, recalling her experiences in film.
After serving as a volunteer nurse at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital for many years, she suffered a stroke and became a resident, where she died of colon cancer. She had no surviving relatives and there was no public services.
At 12, she was working in a stock theater company. By 16 she was in silent films as leading lady for the comedian Lupino Lane. Films include Young Ironsides with Charley Chase; Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel and Hardy; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a a Frank Capra film; Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell; and The Prizefighter and the Lady with Myrna Loy. She also appeared in numerous popular westerns alongside Tex Ritter, John Wayne, Tom Mix, William Boyd, and Buck Jones.
Married to Michael Cudahy, from a wealthy meatpacking family, from 1929 to 1932. Her second husband, Marshall R. Worchester, a Theatrical Agent, married from 1936 until his death in 1971.
Awarded the Way Out West Tent Lifetime Achievement Award and received the Golden Boot Award for her work in Westerns. She made a smooth transition from silent pictures to talkies because of her pleasant speaking voice. Evans made her last film appearance in a 2000 documentary, I Used to Be in Pictures, recalling her experiences in film.
After serving as a volunteer nurse at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital for many years, she suffered a stroke and became a resident, where she died of colon cancer. She had no surviving relatives and there was no public services.
American film actress. Best known for her many appearances in popular westerns of the 1930s. Appeared in over 46 films between 1929-1946. During the 50's, she starred in four radio shows and the television show the Hollywood Reporter.
At 12, she was working in a stock theater company. By 16 she was in silent films as leading lady for the comedian Lupino Lane. Films include Young Ironsides with Charley Chase; Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel and Hardy; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a a Frank Capra film; Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell; and The Prizefighter and the Lady with Myrna Loy. She also appeared in numerous popular westerns alongside Tex Ritter, John Wayne, Tom Mix, William Boyd, and Buck Jones.
Married to Michael Cudahy, from a wealthy meatpacking family, from 1929 to 1932. Her second husband, Marshall R. Worchester, a Theatrical Agent, married from 1936 until his death in 1971.
Awarded the Way Out West Tent Lifetime Achievement Award and received the Golden Boot Award for her work in Westerns. She made a smooth transition from silent pictures to talkies because of her pleasant speaking voice. Evans made her last film appearance in a 2000 documentary, I Used to Be in Pictures, recalling her experiences in film.
After serving as a volunteer nurse at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital for many years, she suffered a stroke and became a resident, where she died of colon cancer. She had no surviving relatives and there was no public services.
At 12, she was working in a stock theater company. By 16 she was in silent films as leading lady for the comedian Lupino Lane. Films include Young Ironsides with Charley Chase; Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel and Hardy; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a a Frank Capra film; Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell; and The Prizefighter and the Lady with Myrna Loy. She also appeared in numerous popular westerns alongside Tex Ritter, John Wayne, Tom Mix, William Boyd, and Buck Jones.
Married to Michael Cudahy, from a wealthy meatpacking family, from 1929 to 1932. Her second husband, Marshall R. Worchester, a Theatrical Agent, married from 1936 until his death in 1971.
Awarded the Way Out West Tent Lifetime Achievement Award and received the Golden Boot Award for her work in Westerns. She made a smooth transition from silent pictures to talkies because of her pleasant speaking voice. Evans made her last film appearance in a 2000 documentary, I Used to Be in Pictures, recalling her experiences in film.
After serving as a volunteer nurse at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital for many years, she suffered a stroke and became a resident, where she died of colon cancer. She had no surviving relatives and there was no public services.
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