Evelyn Ankers (1918 - 1985) إيفيلين أنكرز

Biography

An actress from Chile who was born in Valparaso, Chile on August 17, 1918 as Evelyn Felisa Ankers and died in Haikou, Maui, Hawaii, USA on August 29, 1985 of ovarian cancer. She married Richard Denning (1942-1985), had a child, and stayed with him until her death. Her most...Read more important works include The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950), The Wolf Man (1941), The Queen of Burlesque (1946), and The Chost of Frankenstein (1942). She was a beautiful film actress, who was known for her horror films in the 1940s. She was born in Chile to English parents, and the family returned to England in the twenties. She worked on herself to become an actress, studied at at The Latymer School, the Golophyn School, the Tacchomo School of Music and Dramatic Art, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She started appearing in British films in small roles during her studies in the mid-thirties, where she presented her first work Land without Music (1936) and presented with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Fire Over England (1937). With the outbreak of World War II in Europe, she immigrated to the United States, signed a contract with Universal in 1940, and presented Bachelor Daddy (1941), and appeared with Abbott and Castillo. She is known for the classic horror movie The Wolf Man (1941) starring Lon Chaney Jr. She presented three horror films about Dracula, Frankenstein, and ghosts. Because horror films were popular during World War II, her career flourished at the time. However, she stopped working after the war ended, so she left Universal and worked with Columbia, Republic, Fox, and PRC. She presented with her husband, who returned from the war, Richard Denning and Fox Black Beauty (1946). She presented The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950) and then left the cinema and devoted herself to her children. After a decade, she appeared in No Greater Love (1960) with her husband Richard Deng and then completely disappeared. She died of ovarian cancer in 1985 at the age of 67.

- Nationality:
- Chile
- Date of Birth:
- 17 August 1918
- Birth Country:
- Chile
- Died on:
- 29 August 1985
- Death Country:
- US

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Filmography

Actor (7)
- - - The Pearl of Death
    - 1944 - Movie
- - - Son of Dracula
    - 1943 - Movie
    - (كلير كالدويل)
- - - His Butler's Sister
    - 1943 - Movie
    - (إليزابيث )
- - - Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
    - 1942 - Movie
- - - The Wolf Man
    - 1941 - Movie
    - (جوين)
- - - Hold That Ghost
    - 1941 - Movie
- - - Fire Over England
    - 1937 - Movie

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An actress from Chile who was born in Valparaso, Chile on August 17, 1918 as Evelyn Felisa Ankers and died in Haikou, Maui, Hawaii, USA on August 29, 1985 of ovarian cancer. She...Read more married Richard Denning (1942-1985), had a child, and stayed with him until her death. Her most important works include The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950), The Wolf Man (1941), The Queen of Burlesque (1946), and The Chost of Frankenstein (1942). She was a beautiful film actress, who was known for her horror films in the 1940s. She was born in Chile to English parents, and the family returned to England in the twenties. She worked on herself to become an actress, studied at at The Latymer School, the Golophyn School, the Tacchomo School of Music and Dramatic Art, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She started appearing in British films in small roles during her studies in the mid-thirties, where she presented her first work Land without Music (1936) and presented with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Fire Over England (1937). With the outbreak of World War II in Europe, she immigrated to the United States, signed a contract with Universal in 1940, and presented Bachelor Daddy (1941), and appeared with Abbott and Castillo. She is known for the classic horror movie The Wolf Man (1941) starring Lon Chaney Jr. She presented three horror films about Dracula, Frankenstein, and ghosts. Because horror films were popular during World War II, her career flourished at the time. However, she stopped working after the war ended, so she left Universal and worked with Columbia, Republic, Fox, and PRC. She presented with her husband, who returned from the war, Richard Denning and Fox Black Beauty (1946). She presented The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950) and then left the cinema and devoted herself to her children. After a decade, she appeared in No Greater Love (1960) with her husband Richard Deng and then completely disappeared. She died of ovarian cancer in 1985 at the age of 67.