Evelyn Finley
Birthday
1916/03/11
Day of death
1989/04/07 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Douglas, Arizona, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Evelyn Ruth Finley was known as the most accomplished stunt rider in the western genre. Famous director William A. Wellman was one of many who regarded her as the best in the business. She worked with horses from early childhood and grew up a tomboy on her father's ranch. Her dad had promised 'to put her into pictures', but how she eventually arrived in Hollywood is unclear. Winning a beauty contest as 'Miss Albuquerque' might have helped. The year was 1936 and her first picture was as stunt dou...Read more
Acting
(1951) Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
(1940) Arizona Frontier
as Honey Lane
(1941) Dynamite Canyon
as Midge Reed
(1944) Take It Big
as Violet Thompson (uncredited)
(1945) Prairie Rustlers
as Helen Foster
(1974) Freebie and the Bean
as Old Lady in Bed (uncredited)
(1943) Cowboy Commandos
as Joan Cameron
(1943) Black Market Rustlers
as Linda Prescott
(1942) Trail Riders
as Mary Rand
(1944) Valley Of Vengeance
as Helen Miller
(1944) Ghost Guns
as Ann Jordan
(1944) Sundown Riders
as Donna Frazier
(1948) Gunning for Justice
as Winnie Stewart
(1948) The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as Nan Prentiss
(1956) Perils of the Wilderness
as Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
(1957) The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
(1953) The Diamond Queen
as Slave Girl