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
Don't Park Here
as The Girl
The Forbidden Trail
as Isobel Lorraine
His Jonah Day
as The Girl
The Backyard
as Urchin Girl
Hills of Hate
as Ann La Vere
The Double O
as Frances Powell
Peaceful Peters
as Mary Langdon
The Crow's Nest
as Patricia Benton
The Desert Bridegroom
as Matilda Ann Carter
Two-Fisted Jefferson
as Mollie Miller
The Recoil
as Frances Powell
A Motion to Adjourn
as Louise Warner
The Broken Spur
as 'Angel' Lambert
Dead or Alive
as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
The Trouble Hunter
as The Salvation Army lassie
Springtime
as The Commissioner's Daughter