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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1908-06-17 (116 years old)

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

1941

1940

1939

Idiot's Delight as Nurse #4
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Reporter (uncredited)

1938

Rawhide as Peggy Gehrig
Wanted by the Police as Kathleen Murphy
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

One Frightened Night as The Fake Doris Waverly
Confidential as Maxine Travers
Ladies Crave Excitement as Wilma Howell
The Fire-Trap as Betty Marshall

1934

In Old Santa Fe as Lila Miller
Speed Wings as Mary Stuart
A Man's Game as Judy Manners

1933

His Private Secretary as Marion Hall
Air Hostess as Kitty King
Perils of Pauline as Pauline Hargrave
Corruption as Ellen Manning
Dance, Girl, Dance as Sally Patter
State Trooper as June Brady
The Vanishing Frontier as Carol Winfield
Police Car 17 as Helen Regan

1932

This Sporting Age as Mickey Steele
High Pressure as Helen Wilson
A Successful Calamity as Peggy Wilton
Madame Racketeer as Alice Hicks
The Night Mayor as Doree Dawn
Slightly Married as Mary Smith
Big City Blues as Jo-Jo (uncredited)

1931

Smart Money as Irene Graham
The Millionaire as Barbara Alden
Side Show as Irene
Taxi! as Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)
50 Million Frenchmen as Miss Wheeler-Smith
The Bargain as Vorencia

1930