Personal Info
Dorris Evelyn Nelson
Evelyn Nelson
Acting
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.
Filmography
Movies
The Forbidden Trail
as Isobel Lorraine
Desert Rider
as Carolyn Grey
The Crow's Nest
as Patricia Benton
The Desert's Crucible
The Desert Bridegroom
as Matilda Ann Carter
Two-Fisted Jefferson
as Mollie Miller
Peaceful Peters
as Mary Langdon
Cyclone Bliss
as Helen Turner
A Motion to Adjourn
as Louise Warner
The Recoil
as Frances Powell