Evalyn Knapp
| Evalyn Knapp | |
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in 1934
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| Born |
Evelyn Pauline Knapp June 17, 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 1981 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1929 –1943 |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. George A. Snyder (1934–1977; his death) |
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. She was the younger sister of the orchestra leader Orville Knapp (1904-1936).
Knapp was born in 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri, as Evelyn Pauline Knapp. She started acting in silent films, her first role being in the 1929 film, At The Dentist's. She was cast as leading lady in Smart Money in 1931, the only film starring both Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. In 1932, Knapp was one of fourteen girls, along with 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. She also played in Corruption that year opposite Preston Foster. One of her better known film roles was opposite Ken Maynard in the 1934 film In Old Santa Fe.
She worked through 1941, but her career slowed afterward. In 1943, she played her last role, uncredited, in Two Weeks To Live, one of the Lum and Abner films starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff.
In 1931 Evalyn Knapp spent several months in the hospital after she fell from a cliff during a hike with her brother, Orville Knapp. Several vertebrae were fractured and it was necessary for her to learn to walk again, step by step.
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