Evelyn Nelson
Known for Acting
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
The Backyard
1920
as Urchin Girl
Don't Park Here
1919
as The Girl
Desert Rider
1923
as Carolyn Grey
The Decorator
1920
His Jonah Day
1920
as The Girl
Hills of Hate
1921
as Ann La Vere
The Double O
1921
as Frances Powell
Cyclone Bliss
1921
as Helen Turner
The Trouble Hunter
1920
as The Salvation Army lassie
Springtime
1920
as The Commissioner's Daughter
A Pajama Marriage
1920
The Forbidden Trail
1923
as Isobel Lorraine
Peaceful Peters
1922
as Mary Langdon
The Recoil
1921
as Frances Powell
Dead or Alive
1921
as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
The Crow's Nest
1922
as Patricia Benton
A Motion to Adjourn
1921
as Louise Warner
The Broken Spur
1921
as 'Angel' Lambert
The Desert's Crucible
1922
The Desert Bridegroom
1922
as Matilda Ann Carter