
Known for
Acting
Born
June 17, 1908
Birthplace
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died
June 12, 1981 (aged 72)
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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 M...
1941
as Evelyn
1941
as Evelyn Jordan
1940
1940
as Arrested Girl
1940
as Secretary
1939
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
as Nurse #4
1938
as Kathleen Murphy
1938
as Peggy Gehrig
1938
as Paula Harrington
1936
as Randy Burns
1936
as Barbara Penfield
1936
as Peggy Kelly
1935
as Betty Marshall
1935
as Maxine Travers
1935
as Wilma Howell
1935
as The Fake Doris Waverly
1934
as Lila Miller
1934
as Judy Manners
1934
as Mary Stuart
1933
as Pauline Hargrave
1933
as Helen Regan
1933
as Sally Patter
1933
as Ellen Manning
1933
as Marion Hall