Evelyn Nelson
Birthday
1899/11/13
Day of death
1923/06/16 (23 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chloride, Arizona, USA
Also know as
Dorris 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.
Acting
(1921) Cyclone Bliss
as Helen Turner
(1919) Don't Park Here
as The Girl
(1923) The Forbidden Trail
as Isobel Lorraine
(1920) The Decorator
as ---
(1920) His Jonah Day
as The Girl
(1923) Desert Rider
as Carolyn Grey
(1920) The Backyard
as Urchin Girl
(1921) Hills of Hate
as Ann La Vere
(1921) The Double O
as Frances Powell
(1922) Peaceful Peters
as Mary Langdon
(1922) The Crow's Nest
as Patricia Benton
(1922) The Desert Bridegroom
as ---
(1922) The Desert's Crucible
as ---
(1922) Two-Fisted Jefferson
as Mollie Miller
(1921) The Recoil
as ---
(1921) A Motion to Adjourn
as Louise Warner
(1921) The Broken Spur
as 'Angel' Lambert
(1921) Dead or Alive
as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
(1920) The Trouble Hunter
as The Salvation Army lassie
(1920) A Pajama Marriage
as ---
(1920) Springtime
as The Commissioner's Daughter