Evelyn Ellis

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Evelyn Ellis
Born February 2, 1894
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died June 5, 1958 (aged 64)
Saranac Lake, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1919–1953

Evelyn Ellis (February 2, 1894 – June 5, 1958) was an African American character actress of stage and film. Devoting herself to the theatre, her film roles were few but she appeared in films like The Joe Louis Story and Lady from Shanghai. An attractive woman who could have been a leading lady, she chose character roles.

Ellis made her theatrical debut at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem in 1919. She debuted on Broadway in 1927 in a revival of Goat Alley. Appeared with Rose McClendon and Frank H. Wilson in Porgy. Later Broadway plays were Native Son, Deep are the Roots all-black version of Tobacco Road and revival in 1951 of The Royal Family. She appeared off Broadway in the course of her career. She made her last Broadway appearance in 1953.[1]

She was born in Boston and died at Saranac Lake, New York on June 5, 1958.[2]

Selected filmography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Great Actors and Actresses on the American Stage in Historic Photographs p.69 c.1983 by Stanley Appelbaum
  2. ↑ Who Was Who On Screen 2nd Edit. page 141 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt

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