Evelyn Finley
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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.
Behind the Camera
Silverado
Stunts
La ciudadela de los Robinson
Stunts
Más allá del ancho río
Stunt Double
Scaramouche
Stunts
La furia de Ceylán
Stunts
Cálmate, dulce Carlota
Stunts
Callejón sangriento
Stunts
Caravana de mujeres
Stunts
Mule Train
Stunt Double
Red River Valley
Stunt Double
Along Came Jones
Stunt Double
The Man from the Alamo
Stunt Double
The Light That Failed
Stunts
Cowboy Serenade
Stunt Double
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
Stunts
Woman of the North Country
Stunts
Jesse James at Bay
Stunt Double
One Girl's Confession
Stunts
The Texas Rangers
Stunt Double
Take It Big
Stunt Double
The Cowboy and the Indians
Stunt Double
Los malacara
Stunt Double
Man from Cheyenne
Stunt Double
Jack London
Stunts
Home in Wyomin'
Stunt Double
Ghost Guns
Stunts
Sundown Riders
Stunts
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Stunts
Cowboy Commandos
Stunts
Valley Of Vengeance
Stunts
As Actor/Actress
Caravana de mujeres
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Las defensoras
Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
Freebie and the Bean
Old Lady in Bed (uncredited)
Prairie Rustlers
Helen Foster
Take It Big
Violet Thompson (uncredited)
Perils of the Wilderness
Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
Ghost Guns
Ann Jordan
Sundown Riders
Donna Frazier
The Diamond Queen
Slave Girl
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Nan Prentiss
Gunning for Justice
Winnie Stewart
Arizona Frontier
Honey Lane
Cowboy Commandos
Joan Cameron
Trail Riders
Mary Rand
Valley Of Vengeance
Helen Miller
Black Market Rustlers
Linda Prescott
Dynamite Canyon
Midge Reed