Personal Info
Known For
Crew
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/11/1916
Place of Birth
Douglas, Arizona, USA
Evelyn Finley
Biography
Evelyn Ruth Finley was known as the most accomplished stunt rider in the western genre. Famous director William A. Wellman was one of many who regarded her as the best in the business. She worked with horses from early childhood and grew up a tomboy on her father's ranch. Her dad had promised 'to put her into pictures', but how she eventually arrived in Hollywood is unclear. Winning a beauty contest as 'Miss Albuquerque' might have helped. The year was 1936 and her first picture was as stunt double to Jean Parker. By 1940, Evelyn was under contract at Monogram where her skills in the saddle qu...
Known For
Ghost Guns
as Ann Jordan
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as Nan Prentiss
Dynamite Canyon
as Midge Reed
Sundown Riders
as Donna Frazier
Freebie and the Bean
as Old Lady in Bed (uncredited)
Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Cowboy Commandos
as Joan Cameron
The Diamond Queen
as Slave Girl
Black Market Rustlers
as Linda Prescott
Prairie Rustlers
as Helen Foster
Perils of the Wilderness
as Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
Valley Of Vengeance
as Helen Miller
Take It Big
as Violet Thompson (uncredited)
Trail Riders
as Mary Rand
Gunning for Justice
as Winnie Stewart
Arizona Frontier
as Honey Lane