Biography
Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 β December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which lasted twenty-five years on the stage. She began in Proctor's stock companies in New York after leaving her home. She acted in plays like Human Hearts and The Cat and the Canary. In the former production she starred for two seasons. Selbie also acted in the stock theater company that operated at the Grand Theater in Reno, Nevada. Then she ventured west where she tenured 18 months at the old Central Theatre in San Francisco, California. This was followed by a season in stock in San Diego, California and then a long one in Alaska with T.D. Frawley. During the Alaska tour Evelyn alternated leads with Virginia Thornton.
In 1909, Selbie joined a vaudeville team, leaving the Bentley stock company.Selbie began her motion picture career in 1912 with the Essanay Company as the leading lady of Broncho Billy Anderson and worked with that company nine years. Her silent movie credits include The Squaw Man, which was the first Hollywood production of Cecil B. De Mille. She continued in motion pictures until 1949 with The Doolins of Oklahoma, in which she played Birdie. She participated in the Fu Manchu film serials and did freelance work on radio.
On December 7, 1950, Selbie died at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Los Angeles, California. She was 79. Selbie entered the Motion Picture Country Hospital two weeks after suffering a heart attack. The interment was at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
Filmography
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Movies 126
Seven Sinners (1940)
Diamond Frontier (1940)
You're Not So Tough (1940)
Winners of the West (1940)
Tower of London (1939)
The Great Commandment (1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
Girls Can Play (1937)
The Grand Bounce (1937)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Paddy O'Day (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Notorious Gentleman (1935)
I'll Tell the World (1934)
Smoky (1933)
Night Flight (1933)
Faithless (1932)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)
Dangerous Paradise (1930)
Love Comes Along (1930)
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
Eternal Love (1929)
In Old Arizona (1928)
Freedom of the Press (1928)
Cleopatra (1928)
Wild Geese (1927)
Camille (1927)
Wings (1927)
The American (1927)
The Country Beyond (1926)
Into Her Kingdom (1926)
Silken Shackles (1926)
Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926)
The Test of Donald Norton (1926)
The Prairie Pirate (1925)
A Cafe in Cairo (1924)
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
Poisoned Paradise (1924)
Flapper Wives (1924)
Name the Man (1924)
The Broken Wing (1923)
Snowdrift (1923)
The Tiger's Claw (1923)
Omar the Tentmaker (1922)
Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
The Half Breed (1922)
Without Benefit of Clergy (1921)
The Broken Gate (1920)
The Devil to Pay (1920)
Seeds of Vengeance (1920)
The Red Glove (1919)
The Two-Soul Woman (1918)
The Grand Passion (1918)
Sirens of the Sea (1917)
Pay Me! (1917)
The Flashlight (1917)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)
The Flower of Doom (1917)
The Voice on the Wire (1917)
The Terror (1917)
The Mysterious Mrs. M (1917)
The Price of Silence (1916)
The People vs. John Doe (1916)
Broncho Billy's Teachings (1915)
Broncho Billy's Vengeance (1915)
Broncho Billy's Brother (1915)
Broncho Billy's Sentence (1915)
Broncho Billy and the False Note (1915)
Broncho Billy and the Baby (1915)
The Battle of Snakeville (1915)
Snakeville's Rising Sons (1914)
Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit (1914)
Snakeville's Blind Pig (1914)
Broncho Billy's Dad (1914)
Sophie's Sweetheart (1914)
Broncho Billy's Judgment (1914)
Snakeville's Reform Wave (1914)
Broncho Billy's Scheme (1914)
The Tell-Tale Hand (1914)
Broncho Billy's Mother (1914)
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie (1914)
Broncho Billy's Indian Romance (1914)
Broncho Billy Puts One Over (1914)
Snakeville's New Waitress (1914)
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (1914)
Broncho Billy's Punishment (1914)
Broncho Billy, Outlaw (1914)
The Good-for-Nothing (1914)
Broncho Billy's True Love (1914)
The Calling of Jim Barton (1914)
A Gamblers' Way (1914)
Snakeville's New Doctor (1914)
The Hills of Peace (1914)
Through Trackless Sands (1914)
That Pair from Thespia (1913)
Children of the Forest (1913)
Broncho Billy's Squareness (1913)
A Romance of the Hills (1913)
The Naming of the Rawhide Queen (1913)
The Cowboy Samaritan (1913)
The Rustler's Step-Daughter (1913)
Broncho Billy Gets Square (1913)
Broncho Billy Reforms (1913)
A Western Sister's Devotion (1913)
Broncho Billy's Mistake (1913)
The Man in the Cabin (1913)
Broncho Billy and the Navajo Maid (1913)
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls (1913)
Broncho Billy's Strategy (1913)
Broncho Billy's Capture (1913)
The Last Shot (1913)
Alkali Ike's Mother-in-Law (1913)
The Crazy Prospector (1913)
Broncho Billy and the Rustler's Child (1913)
Broncho Billy's Way (1913)
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness (1913)
Broncho Billy and the Step-Sisters (1913)
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid (1913)
Broncho Billy's Gun Play (1913)
The Reward for Broncho Billy (1912)
The Prospector (1912)
Broncho Billy's Love Affair (1912)
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife (1912)
The Ranch Girl's Trial (1912)
The Immortal Alamo (1911)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1871-07-06
Deathday1950-12-07 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceLouisville, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEvelyn Selby
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