Evelyn Finley
Crew
Born 1916-03-11
Died 1989-04-07
Douglas, Arizona, USA
40 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Other credits
30 credits
Silverado
Swiss Family Robinson
Blood Alley
Scaramouche
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Westward the Women
Along Came Jones
The Man from the Alamo
Elephant Walk
Across the Wide Missouri
The Texas Rangers
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Red River Valley
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
Man from Cheyenne
The Light That Failed
Jesse James at Bay
The Cowboy and the Indians
One Girl's Confession
Sundown Riders
Jack London
Mule Train
Woman of the North Country
Valley Of Vengeance
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Home in Wyomin'
Cowboy Serenade
Take It Big
Ghost Guns
Cowboy Commandos
Acting
17 credits
Westward the Women
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Freebie and the Bean
Prairie Rustlers
Sundown Riders
Valley Of Vengeance
Trail Riders
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Perils of the Wilderness
Black Market Rustlers
The Diamond Queen
Take It Big
Gunning for Justice
Dynamite Canyon
Ghost Guns
Arizona Frontier
Cowboy Commandos
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