Evalyn Knapp

Acting

Born: 1908-06-17 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

Evalyn Knapp

Biography

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Taxi Talks

Air Hostess

The Millionaire

Speed Wings

Rawhide

Idiot's Delight

This Sporting Age

Bulldog Edition

Smart Money

Big City Blues

Ladies Crave Excitement

Fireman, Save My Child

One Frightened Night

All Stuck Up

The Night Mayor

His Private Secretary

Girl in 313

Taxi!

Chills and Fever

The Vanishing Frontier

River's End

Roar of the Press

Corruption

Three of a Kind

A Successful Calamity

Sinners' Holiday

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

Confidential

Mothers Cry

High Pressure

Perils of Pauline

Madame Racketeer

Hawaiian Buckaroo

In Old Santa Fe

Dance, Girl, Dance

State Trooper

Slightly Married

50 Million Frenchmen

Police Car 17