Evelyn Ankers
Actress (1918-1985) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 67
Evelyn Felisa Ankers was a British-American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man (1941) opposite Lon Chaney Jr., a frequent screen partner.
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1985Died29 August 19851955
CheyenneSeries, Robbie James
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, 1955Miss Loving
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries, 1955
The Star and the StorySeries, 1955Ruth McCabe1953
General Electric TheaterSeries1952
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries
Mr. & Mrs. NorthSeries, 19521949
Tarzan's Magic FountainFilm, Gloria James1948
Parole, Inc.Film, Jojo Dumont1947
Last of the RedmenFilm, Alice Munro1946
Black BeautyFilm, Evelyn Carrington1944
Follow the BoysFilm, Evelyn Ankers (uncredited)1943
Captive Wild WomanFilm, Beth Colman1942
Eagle SquadronFilm, Nancy Mitchell1941
Burma ConvoyFilm, Ann McBragel1939
Over the MoonFilm, Sanitarium Patient (uncredited)1937
Fire Over EnglandFilm, Lady-in-Waiting1936
RembrandtFilm, Party Girl (uncredited)1918Born17 August 1918
CheyenneSeries, Robbie JamesScreen Director's PlayhouseSeries, 1955Miss LovingThe 20th Century Fox HourSeries, 1955The Star and the StorySeries, 1955Ruth McCabe1953General Electric TheaterSeries1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeriesMr. & Mrs. NorthSeries, 19521949Tarzan's Magic FountainFilm, Gloria James1948Parole, Inc.Film, Jojo Dumont1947Last of the RedmenFilm, Alice Munro1946Black BeautyFilm, Evelyn Carrington1944Follow the BoysFilm, Evelyn Ankers (uncredited)1943Captive Wild WomanFilm, Beth Colman1942Eagle SquadronFilm, Nancy Mitchell1941Burma ConvoyFilm, Ann McBragel1939Over the MoonFilm, Sanitarium Patient (uncredited)1937Fire Over EnglandFilm, Lady-in-Waiting1936RembrandtFilm, Party Girl (uncredited)1918Born17 August 1918People around Evelyn
Lon Chaney Jr. Also in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
John Rawlins Directed Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)- Hans J. Salter Wrote The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Turhan Bey Also in The Mad Ghoul and Follow the Boys
Milburn Stone Also in Captive Wild Woman and The Frozen Ghost
Samuel S. Hinds Also in Son of Dracula and Hers to Hold
Olaf Hytten Also in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Erle C. Kenton Directed The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Doris Lloyd Also in The Wolf Man (1942)
Edmund Mortimer Also in His Butler's Sister and Follow the Boys
Patric Knowles Also in The Wolf Man and Crazy House
Arthur Lubin Directed Hold That Ghost and Eagle Squadron
Reginald LeBorg Directed Jungle Woman and Weird Woman
Walter Wanger Produced Eagle Squadron and Ladies Courageous- Ford Beebe Produced Son of Dracula (1943)
Felix E. Feist Directed All by Myself and Pardon My Rhythm
George Waggner Produced The Wolf Man (1941)
Richard Fraser Also in Ladies Courageous and The Fatal Witness- Felix Jackson Produced His Butler's Sister and Hers to Hold
Alan Curtis Also in Follow the Boys (1944)
Lois Collier Also in Jungle Woman and Ladies Courageous
Basil Rathbone Also in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Curt Siodmak Wrote Son of Dracula and Tarzan's Magic Fountain- Paul Sawtell Wrote The Pearl of Death and Jungle Woman
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The Pearl of Death 1944
The Wolf Man 1941
Hold That Ghost 1941
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942
Son of Dracula 1943
Also in Deutsch
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Television 7
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Nigel Bruce, Ankers and Basil Rathbone in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Ankers and Lon Chaney Jr. in The Wolf Man (1941)
Lobby card with Lon Chaney Jr., Ankers and Bela Lugosi in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Ankers, Turhan Bey and David Bruce in The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Ankers in 1945 Yank Army magazine pin-up
Skip Homeier and Ankers in a General Electric Theatre television episode (1954)About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1985 · aged 67
