← BACK TO DISCOVERY
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.
Top Filmography
5.0
The Decorator
1920 // MOVIE
5.5
Desert Rider
1923 // MOVIE
4.0
Don't Park Here
1919 // MOVIE
6.0
The Forbidden Trail
1923 // MOVIE
4.0
His Jonah Day
1920 // MOVIE
6.0
The Backyard
1920 // MOVIE
0.0
Cyclone Bliss
1921 // MOVIE
0.0
Hills of Hate
1921 // MOVIE
0.0
The Double O
1921 // MOVIE
0.0
Peaceful Peters
1922 // MOVIE
0.0
The Crow's Nest
1922 // MOVIE
0.0
The Desert Bridegroom
1922 // MOVIE
0.0
The Desert's Crucible
1922 // MOVIE
0.0
Two-Fisted Jefferson
1922 // MOVIE
0.0
The Recoil
1921 // MOVIE