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Evelyn Felisa Ankers was an American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in the many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man (1941) opposite Lon Chaney Jr., a frequent screen partner.
Born
Saturday, 17 August 1918
Died
Thursday, 29 August 1985
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Gwen Conliffe / Elsa Frankenstein | 2007 |
| The American Nightmare | Self | 2000 |
| Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | (archive footage) / Archive Footage | 1999 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Elsa / Elsa (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Friday the 13th: The Series | Gwen Conliffe | 1987 |
| No Greater Love | Helen Lund | 1960 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Millicent | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Miss Loving | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Robbie James | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Ruth McCabe | 1955 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Gwen Conliffe / Elsa Frankenstein | 2007 |
| The American Nightmare | Self | 2000 |
| Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | (archive footage) / Archive Footage | 1999 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Elsa / Elsa (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Friday the 13th: The Series | Gwen Conliffe | 1987 |
| No Greater Love | Helen Lund | 1960 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Millicent | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Miss Loving | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Robbie James | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Ruth McCabe | 1955 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Inga Grinley | 1954 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Constance Noble | 1952 |
| The Texan Meets Calamity Jane | Calamity Jane | 1950 |
| Parole, Inc. | Jojo Dumont | 1949 |
| Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Gloria James Jessup / Gloria James | 1949 |
| Your Show Time | Miss Stoner | 1949 |
| The Lone Wolf in London | Iris Chatham | 1947 |
| Last of the Redmen | Alice Munro | 1947 |
| Spoilers of the North | Laura Reed | 1947 |
| Flight to Nowhere | Catherine Forrest | 1946 |
| Black Beauty | Evelyn Carrington | 1946 |
| Queen of Burlesque | Crystal McCoy | 1946 |
| The French Key | Janet Morgan | 1946 |
| The Fatal Witness | Priscilla Ames | 1945 |
| The Frozen Ghost | Maura Daniel | 1945 |
| Bowery to Broadway | Bonnie Latour | 1944 |
| The Pearl of Death | Naomi Drake | 1944 |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge | Julie Herrick | 1944 |
| Jungle Woman | Beth Mason | 1944 |
| Pardon My Rhythm | Julia Munson | 1944 |
| Follow the Boys | Evelyn Ankers | 1944 |
| Weird Woman | Ilona Carr / Illona Carr | 1944 |
| Ladies Courageous | Wilhelmina Van Kronk / Wilhelmina | 1944 |
| His Butler's Sister | Elizabeth Campbell | 1943 |
| The Mad Ghoul | Isabel Lewis | 1943 |
| You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Lynn Smith | 1943 |
| Son of Dracula | Claire Caldwell | 1943 |
| Crazy House | Cameo Appearance / Evelyn Ankers | 1943 |
| Hers to Hold | Flo Simpson | 1943 |
| All by Myself | Jean Wells | 1943 |
| Captive Wild Woman | Beth Colman | 1943 |
| Keep 'Em Slugging | Sheila | 1943 |
| The Great Impersonation | Lady Muriel Dominey | 1942 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Kitty | 1942 |
| Pierre of the Plains | Celia Wellsby | 1942 |
| Eagle Squadron | Nancy Mitchell | 1942 |
| The Ghost of Frankenstein | Elsa Frankenstein | 1942 |
| North to the Klondike | Mary Sloan | 1942 |
| The Wolf Man | Gwen Conliffe | 1941 |
| Burma Convoy | Ann McBragel | 1941 |
| Hold That Ghost | Norma Lind | 1941 |
| Hit the Road | Patience Ryan | 1941 |
| Bachelor Daddy | Beth Chase | 1941 |
| Over the Moon | Sanitarium Patient | 1939 |
| The Claydon Treasure Mystery | Rosemary Shackleford | 1938 |
| Second Thoughts | Molly Frame | 1938 |
| The Villiers Diamond | Joan Raymond | 1938 |
| Knight Without Armor | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Forbidden Music | A Lady of the Court (segment "Who said Carlini?") | 1937 |
| Wings of the Morning | Party Guest | 1937 |
| Fire Over England | Lady-in-Waiting | 1937 |
| Rembrandt | Party Girl | 1936 |
