Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn
Judith Evelyn in Rear Window (1954)
Born	Evelyn Morris (1909-03-20)March 20, 1909 Seneca, South Dakota, U.S.
Died	May 7, 1967(1967-05-07) (aged 58) New York City, New York, U.S.
Cause of death	cancer
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1941–62

Judith Evelyn (March 20, 1909 – May 7, 1967) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in as many as 50 films and television series.

Evelyn was born Judith Evelyn Morris in Seneca, South Dakota. She was raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. She attended the University of Manitoba, where she was active in drama, and went on to develop her acting skills at Hart House.

Evelyn worked on radio both for the British Broadcasting Corporation and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Her early stage experience included being a member of a Canadian Chautauqua unit in 1932. The next year, she performed with the Pasadena Community Playhouse in California.

Evelyn appeared on Broadway in the following plays:

All of the four plays were made into films, but Evelyn did not appear in any of them. She did appear in other films, including as "Miss Lonelyhearts", the lonely alcoholic spied on by James Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. In 1956, Evelyn played the role of Nancy Lynnton in George Stevens' Giant. She also had a brief but strong performance as Queen Mother Taia in Michael Curtiz's The Egyptian, and was featured with Vincent Price in The Tingler (1959).

In the fall of 1958, Evelyn guest starred as Clara Keller, a lonely widow who falls prey to communist agents in the episode "Man in the Moon" of Bruce Gordon's short-lived Cold War docudrama, Behind Closed Doors.