Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 13, 1899
Place of Birth:
Chloride, Arizona, USA
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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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1923 | The Forbidden Trail | Isobel Lorraine |
1923 | Desert Rider | Carolyn Grey |
1922 | Peaceful Peters | Mary Langdon |
1922 | The Crow's Nest | Patricia Benton |
1922 | The Desert Bridegroom | |
1922 | The Desert's Crucible | |
1922 | Two-Fisted Jefferson | Mollie Miller |
1921 | Cyclone Bliss | Helen Turner |
1921 | Hills of Hate | Ann La Vere |
1921 | The Double O | Frances Powell |
1921 | The Recoil | |
1921 | A Motion to Adjourn | Louise Warner |
1921 | The Broken Spur | 'Angel' Lambert |
1921 | Dead or Alive | Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister |
1920 | The Decorator | |
1920 | His Jonah Day | The Girl |
1920 | The Backyard | Urchin Girl |
1920 | The Trouble Hunter | The Salvation Army lassie |
1920 | A Pajama Marriage | |
1920 | Springtime | The Commissioner's Daughter |
1919 | Don't Park Here | The Girl |
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