Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers was a British actress born in Chile. She often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man at ageopposite Lon Chaney, Jr., a frequent screen partner. Known as the Queen of the Screamers, her other films include The Ghost of Frankenstein , Captive Wild Woman , Son of Dracula , The Mad Ghoul , Jungle Woman , Weird Woman , The Invisible Mans Revenge and The Frozen Ghost . Ankers also appeared in Hold That Ghost , Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror , His Butlers Sister , The Pearl of Death , Pardon My Rhythm , Tarzans Magic Fountain , and played Calamity Jane in The Texan Meets Calamity Jane , one of many movies for which she received top billing.

She was born onAugust 1918 in Chile. She died of ovarian cancer at the age of 67 onAugust 1985 in Maui, Hawaii.

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