Evelyn Ankers

Known for Acting

8/17/1918

Valparaíso, Chile

Biography

Evelyn Felisa Ankers (August 17, 1918 - August 29, 1985) was an American actress best known for playing roles in American horror films during the 1940s.

Known For (63 credits)

7.0

Movie

The American Nightmare

2000

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

6.9

Movie

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).

10.0

Movie

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

5.7

Movie

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.

Movie

No Greater Love

1960

A dentist and his wife join Christian missionaries for duty in Africa.

6.0

Movie

The Silent Partner

1955

When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool. Part of the Screen Directors Playhouse series, sponsored by Kodak, and in association with Screen Directors Guild.

5.4

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.

6.5

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

5.8

Cheyenne

1955

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

Movie

Dark Stranger

1955

A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out.

7.0

The Star and the Story

1955

Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team by Four Star Productions, there are many young actors that went onto bigger things.

6.3

General Electric Theater

1953

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.