Evalyn Knapp
Biography
From 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.
Known For
Taxi Talks
Mickey Steele
This Sporting Age
Marion Hall
His Private Secretary
The Fake Doris Waverly
One Frightened Night
Irene Graham
Smart Money
Helen Wilson
High Pressure
Kitty King
Air Hostess
All Stuck Up
Sally Toby
Fireman, Save My Child
Evelyn Jordan
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Maxine Travers
Confidential
Peggy Wilton
A Successful Calamity
Peggy Gehrig
Rawhide
Doris
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Pauline Hargrave
Perils of Pauline
Self
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Lila Miller
In Old Santa Fe
Ellen Manning
Corruption
Wilma Howell
Ladies Crave Excitement
Barbara Alden
The Millionaire
Randy Burns
Bulldog Edition
Barbara Penfield
Three of a Kind
Sally Patter
Dance, Girl, Dance
Irene
Side Show
Betty Marshall
The Fire-Trap
Alice Hicks
Madame Racketeer
Miriam
River's End
Kathleen Murphy
Wanted by the Police
Doree Dawn
The Night Mayor
Mary Smith
Slightly Married
June Brady
State Trooper
Mary Stuart
Speed Wings
Judy Manners
A Man's Game
Carol Winfield
The Vanishing Frontier
Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Taxi!
Jennie
Sinners' Holiday
Nurse #4
Idiot's Delight
Jenny Williams
Mothers Cry
Reporter (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Paula Harrington
Hawaiian Buckaroo
Betty
Chills and Fever
Herself
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Arrested Girl
Girl in 313
Miss Wheeler-Smith
50 Million Frenchmen
Jo-Jo (uncredited)
Big City Blues
Evelyn
Roar of the Press
Meat and Romance
Secretary
Sauce for the Gander
Helen Regan
Police Car 17
Peggy Kelly
Laughing Irish Eyes
Vorencia
The Bargain
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
51
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-06-17
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Evelyn Pauline Knapp