Evelyn Nelson

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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

• Desert Rider (1923)
• The Forbidden Trail (1923)
• Peaceful Peters (1922)
• The Crow's Nest (1922)
• The Desert Bridegroom (1922)
• The Desert's Crucible (1922)
• Two-Fisted Jefferson (1922)
• The Double O (1921)
• The Recoil (1921)
• A Motion to Adjourn (1921)
• Hills of Hate (1921)
• The Broken Spur (1921)
• Dead or Alive (1921)
• Cyclone Bliss (1921)
• His Jonah Day (1920)
• The Backyard (1920)
• A Pajama Marriage (1920)
• The Trouble Hunter (1920)
• The Decorator (1920)
• Springtime (1920)
• Don't Park Here (1919)