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Evalyn Knapp
Known for: ActingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Evalyn Knapp (June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981) was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s, and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movie serial actress in the 1930s. Born as Evelyn Pauline Knapp in Kansas City, Missouri in 1906, Knapp started acting in silent films, her first role being in the 1929 film At The Dentist's. In 1932, Knapp was one of fourteen girls, including Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart, selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars". Knapp achieved success in cliffhanger serials, which were popular at the time. She played the title character in the 1933 serial The Perils of Pauline. One of her better known film roles was opposite Ken Maynard in the 1934 film In Old Santa Fe. Her career flourished through 1941, but slowed afterward. In 1943, she played her last role, which was uncredited, in Two Weeks To Live, starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff in one of the Lum and Abner films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Evalyn Knapp, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography 10
Taxi!
as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)
In Old Santa Fe
as Lila Miller
Bulldog Edition
as Randy Burns
Smart Money
as Irene Graham
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Wilma Howell
Three of a Kind
as Barbara Penfield
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Evelyn Jordan
His Private Secretary
Roar of the Press
as Evelyn
Rawhide