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Evalyn Knapp
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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Roar of the Press as Evelyn | 1941-04-17 |
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Evelyn Jordan | 1941-03-06 |
Meat and Romance | 1940-10-29 |
Girl in 313 as Arrested Girl | 1940-05-31 |
Sauce for the Gander as Secretary | 1940-02-10 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Reporter (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
Idiot's Delight as Nurse #4 | 1939-01-27 |
Wanted by the Police as Kathleen Murphy | 1938-09-21 |
Rawhide as Peggy Gehrig | 1938-04-08 |
Hawaiian Buckaroo as Paula Harrington | 1938-01-14 |
Bulldog Edition as Randy Burns | 1936-09-13 |
Three of a Kind as Barbara Penfield | 1936-05-19 |
Laughing Irish Eyes as Peggy Kelly | 1936-03-04 |
The Fire-Trap as Betty Marshall | 1935-11-26 |
Confidential as Maxine Travers | 1935-10-16 |
Ladies Crave Excitement as Wilma Howell | 1935-06-21 |
One Frightened Night as The Fake Doris Waverly | 1935-05-01 |
In Old Santa Fe as Lila Miller | 1934-11-15 |
A Man's Game as Judy Manners | 1934-06-16 |
Speed Wings as Mary Stuart | 1934-02-05 |
Perils of Pauline as Pauline Hargrave | 1933-11-05 |
Police Car 17 as Helen Regan | 1933-09-30 |
Dance, Girl, Dance as Sally Patter | 1933-09-01 |
Corruption as Ellen Manning | 1933-06-18 |
His Private Secretary as Marion Hall | 1933-06-10 |
The Vanishing Frontier as Carol Winfield | 1933-03-13 |
State Trooper as June Brady | 1933-02-10 |
Air Hostess as Kitty King | 1933-01-15 |
Slightly Married as Mary Smith | 1932-10-15 |
Big City Blues as Jo-Jo (uncredited) | 1932-09-18 |
A Successful Calamity as Peggy Wilton | 1932-09-17 |
This Sporting Age as Mickey Steele | 1932-09-14 |
The Night Mayor as Doree Dawn | 1932-08-18 |
Madame Racketeer as Alice Hicks | 1932-07-23 |
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Doris | 1932-05-28 |
Fireman, Save My Child as Sally Toby | 1932-02-20 |
High Pressure as Helen Wilson | 1932-01-10 |
Taxi! as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited) | 1931-12-29 |
Side Show as Irene | 1931-09-19 |
The Bargain as Vorencia | 1931-07-23 |
Smart Money as Irene Graham | 1931-06-11 |
The Millionaire as Barbara Alden | 1931-05-01 |
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' as Herself | 1931-04-15 |
50 Million Frenchmen as Miss Wheeler-Smith | 1931-02-14 |
Mothers Cry as Jenny Williams | 1930-12-04 |
River's End as Miriam | 1930-11-01 |
Sinners' Holiday as Jennie | 1930-10-11 |
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self | 1930-08-01 |
Taxi Talks | 1930-06-06 |
Chills and Fever as Betty | 1930-04-26 |
All Stuck Up | 1930-01-19 |