Evelyn Brent
Born 1899 (d.1975), Evelyn appeared in 123 films from 1915 to 1950 and an episode of Wagon Train in 1960. Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of ten when her mother died, leaving her father to raise her alone. After moving to New York City, as a teenager her good looks brought modeling jobs that led to an opportunity to become involved in the still relatively new business of making motion pictures. Evelyn was a WAMPAS Baby Star for 1923. The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young women each year who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. They were selected from 1922 to 1934 and honored at a party called the "WAMPAS Frolic". Those selected were given extensive media coverage. Evelyn played sultry and tough roles throughout her career.
Evelyn Brent - What do you think? Allure?
Evelyn Brent - What do you think? Allure?
3 comments:
I'd bet more than a few fellows tripped over themselves when they saw her!
I was captivated by her face when I saw her in an early 1940's film, and then researched and downloaded a few of her 1930's films, when she was at her peak. Would watch her in anything
I would watch her in anything, too, but her peak was really the late 20s,when she appeared in three of Josef von Sternberg's films. She was intelligent looking, as well as beautiful.
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