Evelyn Varden


Evelyn Varden

Biography

Evelyn Varden was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Varden kickstarted her acting career in various films such as the Jeanne Crain drama "Pinky" (1949), the comedic drama "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950) with Clifton Webb and "Stella" (1950) with Ann Sheridan. She also appeared in the Dan Dailey comedy "When Willie Comes Marching Home" (1950). She continued to act in pro...

Biography

Evelyn Varden was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Varden kickstarted her acting career in various films such as the Jeanne Crain drama "Pinky" (1949), the comedic drama "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950) with Clifton Webb and "Stella" (1950) with Ann Sheridan. She also appeared in the Dan Dailey comedy "When Willie Comes Marching Home" (1950). She continued to act in productions like the drama "Elopement" (1951) with Clifton Webb, "Finders Keepers" (1952) and the drama "Phone Call From a Stranger" (1952) with Shelley Winters. She also appeared in the Jane Powell musical "Athena" (1954). Toward the end of her career, she continued to act in the dramatic adaptation "Desiree" (1954) with Marlon Brando, the Ann Blyth musical "The Student Prince" (1954) and "The Night of the Hunter" (1955). She also appeared in the musical comedy "Ten Thousand Bedrooms" (1956) with Dean Martin. Varden last acted in "The Bad Seed" (1956) with Nancy Kelly. Varden passed away in July 1958 at the age of 65.

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Desiree (1954) -- (Movie Clip) She Is Without Guile First appearance for Marlon Brando as Napoleon Bonaparte, in Marseilles, 1794, with his brother (Cameron Mitchell) meeting the family (Richard Deacon, Isobel Elsom, Elizabeth Sellars) of precocious Jean Simmons (title character), early in Henry Koster's Desiree, 1954.
Night Of The Hunter, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) They Won't Mind Me We now know that "Preacher" Harry (Robert Mitchum) has drowned their mother, but his step-children (Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce) only know she's vanished, as he pursues them in the basement, seeking their dead father's loot, in Charles Laughton's Night Of The Hunter, 1955.
Night Of The Hunter, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Right Hand Left Hand Young John (Billy Chapin) joins mother Willa (Shelley Winters), sister Pearl (Sally Jane Bruce) and the Spoons (Evelyn Varden, Don Beddoe), enthralled by newly-arrived "Preacher" Powell (Robert Mitchum), in Charles Laughton's Night Of The Hunter, 1955.
Bad Seed, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Peanut Butter Sandwich Shocking news on the radio, mom Christine (Nancy Kelly) supported by friend Monica (Evelyn Varden), her brother (Jesse White) and writer Reggie (Gage Clarke), the child Rhoda (Patty McCormack) arriving home unfazed, in The Bad Seed, 1956, from Maxwell Anderson's play.
Bad Seed, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) You Said By Gum! Introductions of officer-dad (William Hopper), mom (Nancy Kelly), upstairs landlady Monica (Evelyn Varden) and Patty McCormack as "Rhoda," referred to in the title, The Bad Seed, 1956, directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

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