Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs; October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress..

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Thursday, September 08, 2022. 20:00.
Evelyn Brent - Actress.

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About :

photographed in 1929 by Russell Ball

Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs, October 20, 1895, Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Died June 4, 1975 (aged 79), Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Other names Betty Riggs

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Occupation Actress

Years active 1915–1960

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Spouse(s) 

1. B. P. Fineman - (m. 1922; div. 1927)​

2. Harry D. Edwards - (m. 1928; div. 1947)​

3. Harry Fox - (m. 1948; died 1959)​

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Introduction :



Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs; October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress.

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Early life :



Brent was born in Tampa, Florida, and known as Betty. When she was age 10, her mother Eleanor (née. Warner) died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone.

She moved to New York City as a teenager, and her good looks brought modeling jobs that led to an opportunity to become involved in movies.

She originally studied to be a teacher. While attending a normal school in New York, she visited the World Film Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Two days later, she was working there as an extra, earning $3 per day.

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Career :



She began her film career working under her own name at a New Jersey film studio, then made her major debut in the 1915 silent film production of the Robert W. Service poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew.

As Evelyn Brent, she continued to work in film, developing into a young woman with sultry looks. After World War I, she went to London for a vacation and met American playwright Oliver Cromwell, who urged her to accept an important role in The Ruined Lady. The production was presented on the London stage. She remained in England for four years, performing on stage and in films produced by British companies, then she moved to Hollywood in 1922.

Her career received a major boost the following year when she was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. signed her but failed to find a story for her; she left his company to join Associated Authors.

Mid-1920s promotional image issued by Film Booking Offices, later acquired by RKO

Brent made more than two dozen silent films, including three for director Josef von Sternberg. One of these was The Last Command (1928), an epic war drama featuring William Powell for which Emil Jannings won the first Academy Award for Best Actor. Brent played the film's leading lady.

Later that year, she starred opposite William Powell in her first sound movie. Brent played major roles in several features, most notably The Silver Horde and the Paramount Pictures all-star revue Paramount on Parade (both 1930).

By the early part of the 1930s, she was working in secondary roles in a variety of films as well as touring with vaudeville shows. In 1936, she played William Boyd's love interest/femme fatale in Hopalong Cassidy Returns. However, by 1941, she was no longer in demand by major studios, and she found work at smaller, low-budget studios.

She photographed attractively opposite leading men who were also at advanced ages and later stages in their careers: Neil Hamilton in Producers Releasing Corporation's production Dangerous Lady, Lee Tracy in the same studio's The Payoff, and Jack Holt in the serial Holt of the Secret Service. In the early 1940s, she worked in action features for Paramount releases. Veteran director William Beaudine cast her in many productions as well, including Emergency Landing (1941), Bowery Champs (1944), The Golden Eye (1948), and Again Pioneers (1950). After performing in more than 120 films, she retired from acting in 1950 and worked for a number of years as an actor's agent.

She returned to acting in television's Wagon Train for one episode in 1960, "The Lita Foladaire Story", starring Ward Bond and Diane Brewster. Brent played a housekeeper and her appearance had changed radically by that juncture.

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Personal life and death :



Evelyn Brent was married three times: to movie executive Bernard P. Fineman, to producer Harry D. Edwards, and finally to the vaudeville actor Harry Fox. They were married until he died in 1959.

Brent died of a heart attack in 1975 at age 79 in her Los Angeles home. She is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.

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Legacy :



In 1960, Brent was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6548 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Filmography :

Evelyn Brent in 1929

Evelyn Brent in 1931

Evelyn Brent in Stars of the Photoplay

Lobby card for A Night of Mystery (1928)

Lobby card for Slightly Scarlet (1930)

Magazine ad for Silk Stocking Sal (1924)

With Boris Karloff in Forbidden Cargo (1925)

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Year Title Role Notes

1914 A Gentleman from Mississippi Hope Langdon Silent

1915 The Heart of a Painted Woman Lost film;Silent

1915 The Shooting of Dan McGrew Nell (adult) Lost film;Silent

1915 When Love Laughs Bessie Short film; Lost film;Silent

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1916 The Lure of Heart's Desire Little Snowbird Lost film; Silent

1916 The Iron Will Uncredited; Short film; Lost film; Silent

1916 The Soul Market Vivian Austin Lost film; Silent

1916 Playing with Fire Lucille Vane Lost film; Silent

1916 The Spell of the Yukon Dorothy Temple Lost film; Silent

1916 The Weakness of Strength Bessie Alden Lost film; Silent

1916 The Iron Woman Nannie Maitland Lost film; Silent

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1917 The Millionaire's Double Constance Brent Lost film; Silent

1917 To the Death Rosa Lost film; Silent

1917 Who's Your Neighbor? Betty Hamlin Lost film; Silent

1917 Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman Ethel - Lord Amersteth's Daughter Silent

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1918 Daybreak Det. Alma Peterson Lost film; Silent

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1919 Border River MarieDubuque Short film; Silent

1919 Help! Help! Police! Marian Trevor Lost film; Silent

1919 Fool's Gold Nancy Smith Silent

1919 The Other Man's Wife Becky Simon Lost film;Silent

1919 The Glorious Lady Lady Eileen Silent

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1920 The Shuttle of Life Miriam Grey Lost film; Silent

1920 The Law Divine Daphne Grey Lost film; Silent

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1921 Demos Emma Vine Lost film; Silent

1921 The Door That Has No Key Violet Melton Lost film; Silent

1921 Sybil Sybil Gerard Lost film; Silent

1921 Sonia Sonia Dainton Lost film; Silent

1921 Laughter and Tears Pierette Silent

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1922 Trapped by the Mormons Nora Prescott Silent

1922 The Spanish Jade Mañuela Lost film; Silent

1922 Married to a Mormon Beryl Fane Lost film; Silent

1922 The Experiment Doris Fielding Lost film; Silent

1922 Pages of Life Mitzi / Dolores Lost film; Silent

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1923 Held to Answer Bessie Burbeck Lost film; Silent

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1924 Loving Lies Ellen Craig Lost film; Silent

1924 The Shadow of the Desert Lolaire Lost film; Silent

1924 Arizona Express Lola Nichols Silent

1924 The Plunderer The Lily Lost film;Silent

1924 The Lone Chance Margaret West Lost film;Silent

1924 The Desert Outlaw May Halloway Silent

1924 The Cyclone Rider Weeping Wanda Silent

1924 The Dangerous Flirt Sheila Fairfax Lost film;Silent

1924 My Husband's Wives Marie Wynn Lost film;Silent

1924 Silk Stocking Sal 'Stormy' Martin Lost film;Silent

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1925 Midnight Molly Margaret Warren / Midnight Molly Silent

1925 Forbidden Cargo Polly O'Day Lost film;Silent

1925 Alias Mary Flynn Mary Flynn Lost film;Silent

1925 Smooth as Satin Gertie Jones Lost film;Silent

1925 Lady Robinhood Señorita Catalina / La Ortiga Lost film;Silent

1925 Three Wise Crooks Molly Lost film;Silent

1925 Broadway Lady Rosalie Ryan Silent

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1926 Queen o'Diamonds Jeanette Durant / Jerry Lyon Lost film;Silent

1926 Secret Orders Janet Graaham Lost film;Silent

1926 The Impostor Judith Gilbert Lost film;Silent

1926 The Jade Cup Peggy Allen Lost film;Silent

1926 Flame of the Argentine Inez Remírez Lost film;Silent

1926 Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Mame Walsh Silent

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1927 Love's Greatest Mistake Jane Lost film;Silent

1927 Blind Alleys Sally Ray Lost film;Silent

1927 Underworld 'Feathers' McCoy Silent

1927 Women's Wares Dolly Morton Silent

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1928 Beau Sabreur Mary Vanbrugh Lost film;Silent

1928 The Last Command Natalie Dabrova Silent

1928 The Showdown Sibyl Shelton Silent

1928 A Night of Mystery Gilberte Boismartel Silent

1928 His Tiger Lady Tiger Lady Lost film';Silent

1928 The Drag Net The Magpie Lost film;Silent

1928 The Mating Call Rose Henderson Silent

1928 Interference Deborah Kane 

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1929 Broadway Pearl 

1929 Fast Company Evelyn Corey 

1929 Woman Trap Kitty Evans 

1929 Why Bring That Up? Betty 

1929 Darkened Rooms Ellen extant, Library of Congress

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1930 Slightly Scarlet Lucy Stavrin 

1930 Framed Rose Manning 

1930 Paramount on Parade Episode 'Origin of the Apache' 

1930 The Silver Horde Cherry Malotte 

1930 Madonna of the Streets May 

1930 Paramount on Parade Himself 

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1931 Traveling Husbands Ruby Smith 

1931 The Pagan Lady Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter 

1931 The Mad Parade Monica Dale 

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1932 High Pressure Francine Dale 

1932 Attorney for the Defense Val Lorraine 

1932 The Crusader Tess Brandon

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1933 The World Gone Mad Carlotta Lamont 

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1935 Symphony of Living Paula Greig Rupert 

1935 Home on the Range Georgia 

1935 Without Children Shirley Ross Cole 

1935 The Nitwits Mrs. Alice Lake 

1935 Speed Limited Natalie

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1936 One for All 

1936 Song of the Trail Myra 

1936 It Couldn't Have Happened as But It Did Beverly Drake 

1936 The President's Mystery Ilka Blake 

1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns Lilli Marsh 

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1937 Jungle Jim Shanghai Lil, one of four main characters Serial

1937 King of Gamblers Cora 

1937 The Last Train from Madrid Soldier uncredited

1937 Night Club Scandal Julia Reed 

1937 Sudden Bill Dorn Diana Viargas 

1937 Daughter of Shanghai Olga Derey 

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1938 Tip-Off Girls Rena Terry 

1938 Mr. Wong, Detective Olga aka Countess Dubois

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1938 The Law West of Tombstone Clara 'Clary' Martinez 

1939 Panama Lady Lenore 

1939 Daughter of the Tong The Illustrious One 

1939 The Mad Empress Empress Eugenie

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1941 Emergency Landing Maude Lambert 

1941 Forced Landing Doctor Vidalek's Housekeeper 

1941 Wide Open Town Belle Langtry 

1941 Dangerous Lady Hester Engle 

1941 Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring Nurse holding microscope uncredited

1941 Holt of the Secret Service R49 

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1942 Westward Ho Mrs. Healey 

1942 Wrecking Crew Martha Poska 

1942 The Payoff Alma Dorn 

1942 Silent Witness Mrs. Roos / Anna Barnes 

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1943 Spy Train Frieda Molte 

1943 The Seventh Victim Natalie Cortez 

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1944 Bowery Champs Gypsy Carmen

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1947 Raiders of the South Belle Chambers 

1947 Robin Hood of Monterey Maria Belmonte Sanchez

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1948 Stage Struck Miss Lloyd 

1948 The Golden Eye Sister Teresa 

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1949 Life of St. Paul Series Jailer's Wife

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1950 Again Pioneers Alice Keeler

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