Evalyn Knapp

Personal Info

Birthday

June 17, 1908

Day of Death

1981-06-12

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Evelyn Pauline Knapp

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".

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

50 Million Frenchmen

Police Car 17

Hawaiian Buckaroo

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Confidential

Corruption

Taxi!

Filmography

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