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