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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 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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Filmography
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Movies 51
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
Meat and Romance (1940)
Girl in 313 (1940)
Sauce for the Gander (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Idiot's Delight (1939)
Wanted by the Police (1938)
Rawhide (1938)
Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
Three of a Kind (1936)
Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
The Fire-Trap (1935)
Confidential (1935)
Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
One Frightened Night (1935)
In Old Santa Fe (1934)
A Man's Game (1934)
Speed Wings (1934)
Perils of Pauline (1933)
Police Car 17 (1933)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1933)
Corruption (1933)
His Private Secretary (1933)
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
State Trooper (1933)
Air Hostess (1933)
Slightly Married (1932)
Big City Blues (1932)
A Successful Calamity (1932)
This Sporting Age (1932)
The Night Mayor (1932)
Madame Racketeer (1932)
Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
High Pressure (1932)
Taxi! (1931)
The Bargain (1931)
Smart Money (1931)
The Millionaire (1931)
50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
Mothers Cry (1930)
River's End (1930)
Sinners' Holiday (1930)
Taxi Talks (1930)
All Stuck Up (1930)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1906-06-17
Deathday1981-06-10 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceKansas City, United States
SiblingsOrville Knapp
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEvelyn Pauline Knapp
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