Muriel Evans
Muriel Evans | |
---|---|
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |
Died | October 26, 2000 , California, U.S. | (aged 90)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1929–1946 |
Spouses | Michael J. P. Cudahy
(m. 1929; div. 1930)Marshall R. Worcester
(m. 1936; died 1971) |
Muriel Evans (born Muriel Adele Evanson; July 20, 1910 – October 26, 2000) was an American film actress. She is best known for her many appearances in popular westerns of the 1930s for which she won a Golden Boot Award.
Early life and career
Evans was born in
In 1929, Evans co-starred in the
In March 1932, Evans (and 11 other actresses) won a two-day beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures, after which she starred in six films, most notably Young Ironsides with Charley Chase and Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel and Hardy. She would go on to star in eight more shorts with Chase before his death in 1940.
Evans' success was due in large part to her pleasant speaking voice. She made a smooth transition from
Later years
In 1936, Evans married a
After the death of her husband in 1971, Evans began work as a volunteer nurse at the
Death
On October 26, 2000, Muriel Evans died of
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1928 | Wife Trouble | Short | |
1929 | Good Night Nurse | Short | |
1929 | Joyland | Short | |
1932 | Sinners in the Sun | Fashion Model | Uncredited |
1932 | Young Ironsides | Muriel Evans | Short |
1932 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Wrong Eddie's bride | |
1932 | Hot Spot | Wife | Short |
1932 | Girl Grief | Miss Evans | Short |
1932 | Now We'll Tell One | Muriel Evans | Short |
1932 | Mr. Bride | Muriel Evans | Short |
1933 | Fallen Arches | Muriel Gilbert | Short |
1933 | Fast Workers' | Nurse | |
1933 | Nature In the Wrong | Muriel | Short Alternative title: Tarzan In the Wrong |
1933 | His Silent Racket | Muriel | Short |
1933 | Arabian Tights | Miss Evans | Short |
1933 | Thundering Taxis | Mrs. Blacker | Short |
1933 | Broadway to Hollywood
|
Maid | Uncredited Alternative title: Ring Up the Curtain |
1933 | The Prizefighter and the Lady | Linda | Alternative title: Every Woman's Man |
1933 | Dancing Lady | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
1933 | The Women in His Life | Molly | |
1933 | Queen Christina | Barmaid at Inn | Uncredited |
1934 | Heat Lightning | Blonde Cutie | |
1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Tootsie Malone | |
1934 | The Big Idea | Honey, Ted's Fiancee | Short |
1934 | Hollywood Party | Show Girl | Uncredited |
1934 | Attention Suckers | Demonstration Watcher | Short |
1934 | Hide-Out | Baby | |
1934 | Have a Heart | Helen, Schauber's Secretary | |
1935 | The Roaring West | Mary Parker | Serial |
1935 | The Throwback | Muriel Fergus | |
1935 | Nurse to You! | Muriel Chase | Short |
1935 | The New Frontier | Hanna Lewis | |
1936 | Silver Spurs | Janet Allison | Alternative title: Silverspurs |
1936 | Call of the Prairie | Linda McHenry | |
1936 | King of the Pecos | Belle Jackson | |
1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Theresa | Uncredited |
1936 | Three on the Trail | Mary Stevens | |
1936 | Two-Fisted Gentleman | June Prentice | |
1936 | Missing Girls | Dorothy Benson | Alternative title: When Girls Leave Home |
1936 | House of Secrets | Julie Kenmore | |
1936 | Under Your Spell
|
Governess | Uncredited |
1936 | The Boss Rider of Gun Creek | Starr Landerson | |
1936 | Ten Laps to Go | Norma Corbett | Alternative title: King of the Speedway |
1936 | Don't Be Like That | The Faithful Wife | Short |
1936 | Headline Crasher | Edith Arlen | |
1936 | Robin Hood, Jr. | ||
1937 | Rich Relations | Trixie Lane | |
1937 | Smoke Tree Range | Nan Page | |
1937 | Rustlers' Valley | Agnes Randall | |
1937 | Law for Tombstone | Nellie Gray | |
1937 | Boss of Lonely Valley | Retta Lowrey | |
1939 | Home Boner | Mrs. Errol | Short |
1939 | The Rookie Cop | Fern, Joey's Girl | Alternative title: Swift Vengeance |
1939 | Chicken Feed | Girlfriend | Short |
1939 | Westbound Stage | Joan Hale | |
1939 | Dog-Gone | Miriam Jones | Short |
1940 | Roll Wagons Roll | Ruth Benson | Alternative title: Roll Covered Wagon |
References
- ^ a b c Mutti-Mews, Howard (November 8, 2000). "Obituary: Muriel Evans". The Independent. Retrieved August 18, 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "WEALTHY YOUTH PLANS TO WED MURIEL EVANS". The Miami News. July 3, 1929. pp. J–4. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "CUDAHY MARRIES ACTRESS". The Los Angeles Times. July 29, 1929. p. A6.
- ^ "Cudahy Makes Up With Film Actress Wife". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 19, 1930. p. 4. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "WINS DIVORCE FROM YOUNG CUDAHY". The Southeast Missourian. October 31, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Muriel Evans Starts Film Career Anew". The Milwaukee Sentinel. November 24, 1933. p. 17. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ The Heroines: Muriel Evans
- ^ Oliver, Myrna (October 30, 2000). "Muriel Evans, film actress, died at 90". Star-News. pp. 4–B. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
External links
- Muriel Evans at IMDb