Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn (born Evelyn Morris; in 1909 (later shaving four years off of her age) in Seneca, South Dakota, United States and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her step-father was a successful stage actor. She attended the University of Manitoba, where she was active in drama, and she developed her acting skills at Hart House, University of Toronto.

Career 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. In 1956, Evelyn played the role of Nancy Lynnton in George Stevens' Giant. She had a brief performance as Queen Mother Taia in Michael Curtiz's The Egyptian and was featured with Vincent Price in The Tingler (1959), her last film role. On television, among other roles, she played Clara Keller in the 1958 episode "Man in the Moon" of the docudrama Behind Closed Doors and appeared in two episodes of the Western series Tales of Wells Fargo. Her last credited role was as Mrs. Bullock in the episode "Cry a Little for Mary Too" of The Eleventh Hour (1962).

Professional awards In 1942, Evelyn won the Distinguished Performance Award from The Drama League for her performance in Angel Street, an award that is "bestowed each season on a single performer from over sixty nominated performances from Broadway and Off-Broadway."

Personal life and death

On September 3, 1939, Evelyn and her then-fiancé, Canadian radio producer Andrew Allan (the two never married), survived the sinking of the Anchor-Donaldson liner SS Athenia. The Athenia was the first British passenger liner to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in World War II. Mr. Allan's elderly father died in the aftermath of the disaster, when the lifeboat the three of them were in was accidentally sunk by a rescue ship.

Evelyn died from pancreatic cancer in New York City on May 7, 1967, at the age of 58.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1951 The 13th Letter Sister Marie Corbin 1954 Rear Window Miss Lonelyhearts 1954 The Egyptian Taia 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Amelia Verber Season 1 Episode 11: "Guilty Witness" 1955 Female on the Beach Eloise Crandall 1956 Hilda Crane Mrs. Stella Crane 1956 Giant Mrs. Nancy Lynnton 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mable McKay Season 2 Episode 34: "Martha Mason, Movie Star" 1958 The Brothers Karamazov Madame Anna Hohlakov 1958 Twilight for the Gods Ethel Peacock 1959 The Tingler Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins