1. Evelyn Brent moved to New York City as a teenager, and her good looks brought modeling jobs that led to an opportunity to become involved in movies.
13 Facts About Evelyn Brent
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Evelyn Brent began her film career working under her own name at a New Jersey film studio, then made her major debut in the 1915 silent film production of the Robert W Service poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew.
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Evelyn Brent remained in England for four years, performing on stage and in films produced by British companies, then she moved to Hollywood in 1922.
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Evelyn Brent's career received a major boost the following year when she was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars.
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Evelyn Brent made more than two dozen silent films, including three for director Josef von Sternberg.
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Evelyn Brent played major roles in several features, most notably The Silver Horde and the Paramount Pictures all-star revue Paramount on Parade.
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Evelyn Brent photographed attractively opposite leading men who were at advanced ages and later stages in their careers: Jack Holt in the Columbia serial Holt of the Secret Service, Neil Hamilton in PRC's production Dangerous Lady, and Lee Tracy in the same studio's The Payoff.
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Evelyn Brent returned to acting in television's Wagon Train for one episode in 1960, "The Lita Foladaire Story", starring Ward Bond and Diane Brewster.
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Evelyn Brent played a housekeeper and her appearance had changed radically.
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Evelyn Brent was married three times: to movie executive Bernard P Fineman, to producer Harry D Edwards, and finally to the vaudeville actor Harry Fox.
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Evelyn Brent died of a heart attack in 1975 at age 79 in her Los Angeles home.
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Evelyn Brent is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
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In 1960, Evelyn Brent was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star for her contributions to the film industry.