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Evans Evans
American actress (1932–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Evans Evans (November 26, 1932 – June 16, 2024) was an American actress who played the character Velma Davis in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
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Career
Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, Evans appeared in more than 25 feature film and television projects, including the 1961 Twilight Zone episode "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", the 1961 Gunsmoke episode “Harpe’s Blood”, the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Big Score", The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "I Saw the Whole Thing", as Penny Sanford (1962) and Wagon Train episode “The Hollister John Garrison Story” as Melody Drake (1963).
Evans appeared as Flirt Conroy in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway in 1957, working with Teresa Wright, Pat Hingle and Sandy Dennis.
Evans was cast in an uncredited role in her husband's 1966 film Grand Prix.
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Personal life and death
Evans married director John Frankenheimer on December 13, 1963, and they remained married until his death on July 6, 2002. Evans died on June 16, 2024, at the age of 91.[1][2]
Partial filmography
- The Twilight Zone (1961) (Season 2 Episode 23: "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim") as Mary Lou
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 22: "The Big Score") as Dora
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 4: "I Saw the Whole Thing") as Penny Sanford
- All Fall Down (1962) as Hedy
- The Virginian (1963) (Season 1 Episode 27: "Strangers at Sundown") as Phyllis Carter
- Grand Prix (1966) as Mrs. Randolph (uncredited)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Velma Davis
- Impossible Object (1973) as Elizabeth
- The Iceman Cometh (1973) as Cora
- Prophecy (1979) as Cellist
- Dead Bang (1989) as Mrs. Gebhardt
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994) as The Quiet Librarian
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