Muriel Evans

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Muriel Evans (actually Muriel Adele Evanson ; born July 20, 1910 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , † October 26, 2000 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Muriel Evans was born in Minneapolis to Norwegian immigrants . Her father passed away just two months after she was born. Her mother moved to California with the baby to find work. She found work at First National Studios. Muriel spent her afternoons on the studio grounds. She was soon noticed by a studio employee. He introduced her to the director Robert Z. Leonard , who gave her a small role in the film Mademoiselle Modiste . Muriel attended high school and continued to play minor roles in the theater and in silent films.

In 1929 Muriel interrupted her acting career to finish school. In the same year she married the factory owner's son Michael Cudahy and moved with him to Europe. In 1931 Muriel decided to go back to film. She left her husband and returned to Hollywood. There she signed a contract with MGM . Their marriage ended in divorce in 1932.

Muriel starred in several short comedies alongside Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase . With her pleasant voice, she had no difficulty transitioning from silent to sound film. From the mid-1930s it was used repeatedly in westerns. Her film partners included John Wayne , Tom Mix , Tex Ritter , William Boyd and Buck Jones .

In 1936 Muriel married the theater agent Marshal Worchester. Four years later, tired of the film industry, she retired. She moved to Washington, DC with her husband for the next ten years and appeared on radio shows and television. In 1951 the couple moved back to Hollywood. Muriel did not return to film. They bought a piece of land in Tarzana.

After her husband died in 1971, Muriel Evans worked as a volunteer nurse at a filmmaker sanatorium in Woodland Hills. After a heart attack in 1994, she moved to the sanatorium herself. At the age of 90, she died here of complications from colon cancer .

Filmography (a selection)

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Evans, Muriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evanson, Muriel Adele (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2000
Place of death Woodland Hills , California , United States