Acting credits
17
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.

Crew
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Acting credits
17
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Consistent number of acting credits.
TMDB popularity
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TMDB ID: 997761
IMDb ID: nm0278035
Known for: Crew
Born: March 11, 1916
Died: April 7, 1989
Age: 73
Place of birth: Douglas, Arizona, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 1985
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q259889
Other jobs
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 quickly promoted her to leading lady opposite the likes of Tex Ritter, Tom Keene, Johnny Mack Brown and Buster Crabbe. As blonde Eve Anderson, she got to star in one of the last serials made at Columbia, Perils of the Wilderness (1956). However, Evelyn preferred the stunt work to acting, often doubling on horseback for glamorous stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Loretta Young. She remained involved in her area of expertise, either actively or as technical adviser, well into the 1980's. When not working in the film industry, she toured as an equestrian performer at different circuses. Evelyn was inducted into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.
Movie credits linked with Evelyn Finley.
Stunts
as Old Lady in Bed (uncredited)
Stunts
Stunts
as Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
as Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
Stunts
Stunts
Stunts
as Slave Girl
Stunt Double
Stunt Double
Stunts
Stunts
Stunts
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Stunt Double
Stunt Double
Stunt Double
as Winnie Stewart
as Nan Prentiss
as Helen Foster
Stunt Double
as Ann Jordan