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