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