Evelyn Ankers
Acting1918Valparaíso, Chile
Biography
Evelyn Felisa Ankers (August 17, 1918 - August 29, 1985) was an American actress best known for playing roles in American horror films during the 1940s.
Known For
Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2000
The American Nightmare
as Self
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Elsa (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Claire Caldwell (archive footage)
1960
No Greater Love
as Helen Lund
1955
Dark Stranger
as Ruth McCabe
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Miss Loving
Cheyenne
TVas Robbie James
The Star and the Story
TVas Ruth McCabe
1950
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
1949
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
as Gloria James
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as Miss Stoner
1948
Parole, Inc.
as Jojo Dumont
1947
The Lone Wolf in London
as Iris Chatham
Last of the Redmen
as Alice Munro
Spoilers of the North
as Laura Reed
1946
Black Beauty
as Evelyn Carrington
The French Key
as Janet Morgan
Flight to Nowhere
as Catherine Forrest
Queen of Burlesque
as Crystal McCoy
1945
The Frozen Ghost
as Maura Daniel
The Fatal Witness
as Priscilla Ames
1944
Weird Woman
as Illona Carr
The Pearl of Death
as Naomi Drake
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Julie Herrick
Follow the Boys
as Evelyn Ankers (uncredited)
Jungle Woman
as Beth Mason
Ladies Courageous
as Wilhelmina Van Kronk
Bowery to Broadway
as Bonnie LaTour
Pardon My Rhythm
as Julia Munson
1943
The Mad Ghoul
as Isabel Lewis
Crazy House
as Cameo Appearance
Son of Dracula
as Claire Caldwell
Captive Wild Woman
as Beth Colman
His Butler's Sister
as Elizabeth Campbell
Hers to Hold
as Flo Simpson
All by Myself
as Jean Wells
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Sheila
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Lynn Smith
1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Elsa Frankenstein
Eagle Squadron
as Nancy Mitchell
The Great Impersonation
as Lady Muriel Dominey
North to the Klondike
as Mary Sloan
Pierre of the Plains
as Celia Wellsby
1941
Hit the Road
as Patience Ryan
Burma Convoy
as Ann McBragel
The Wolf Man
as Gwen Conliffe
Hold That Ghost
as Norma Lind
Bachelor Daddy
as Beth Chase
1939
Over the Moon
as Sanitarium Patient (uncredited)
1938
The Villiers Diamond
as Joan Raymond
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
as Rosemary Shackleford
Murder in the Family
as Dorothy Osborne
Second Thoughts
as Molly Frame
1937
Wings of the Morning
as Party Guest
Fire Over England
as Lady-in-Waiting
1936
Rembrandt
as Party Girl (uncredited)