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.

Known For

The Double O

The Forbidden Trail

Dead or Alive

Desert Rider

The Backyard

The Decorator

A Motion to Adjourn

Hills of Hate

All Movies (21)

• Desert Rider1923 · as Carolyn Grey
• The Forbidden Trail1923 · as Isobel Lorraine
• Peaceful Peters1922 · as Mary Langdon
• The Crow's Nest1922 · as Patricia Benton
• The Desert Bridegroom1922 · as Matilda Ann Carter
• The Desert's Crucible1922
• Two-Fisted Jefferson1922 · as Mollie Miller
• The Double O1921 · as Frances Powell
• The Recoil1921 · as Frances Powell
• A Motion to Adjourn1921 · as Louise Warner
• Hills of Hate1921 · as Ann La Vere
• The Broken Spur1921 · as 'Angel' Lambert
• Dead or Alive1921 · as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
• Cyclone Bliss1921 · as Helen Turner
• His Jonah Day1920 · as The Girl
• The Backyard1920 · as Urchin Girl
• A Pajama Marriage1920
• The Trouble Hunter1920 · as The Salvation Army lassie
• The Decorator1920
• Springtime1920 · as The Commissioner's Daughter
• Don't Park Here1919 · as The Girl