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