Portrait of Evelyn Ankers

Acting

Evelyn Ankers

Career

Active from 1938 to 1992, with a break from 1961 to 1990, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hold That Ghost
Hold That Ghost
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Evelyn Ankers Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    3.3, average 4.9
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Horror 3
  • Gothic Atmosphere 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • World War II 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Mad Scientist 2
  • Monster Mayhem 2
  • Classic B-Movie Horror 2
  • Sherlock Holmes 2
  • Classic Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

3 titles
Dracula in the Movies
Dracula in the Movies (1992)

as (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

as Elsa (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

as Claire Caldwell (archive footage)

1960s

1 title
No Greater Love
No Greater Love (1960)

as Helen Lund

1950s

9 titles · average score 67
Cheyenne
Cheyenne (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Robbie James

The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Screen Director's Playhouse
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Miss Loving

The Star and the Story
The Star and the Story (1955)

TV show · as Ruth McCabe

Dark Stranger
Dark Stranger (1955)

as Ruth McCabe

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Mr. & Mrs. North
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America (1952)

TV show

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950)

as Calamity Jane

1940s

40 titles · average score 56
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
GoodWatch score 46

as Gloria James

Last of the Redmen
Last of the Redmen (1947)
GoodWatch score 54

as Alice Munro

Flight to Nowhere
Flight to Nowhere (1946)
GoodWatch score 48

as Catherine Forrest

The Frozen Ghost
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
GoodWatch score 49

as Maura Daniel

The Invisible Man's Revenge
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
GoodWatch score 40

as Julie Herrick

Jungle Woman
Jungle Woman (1944)
GoodWatch score 43

as Beth Mason

The Pearl of Death
The Pearl of Death (1944)
GoodWatch score 71

as Naomi Drake

The Mad Ghoul
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
GoodWatch score 43

as Isabel Lewis

Captive Wild Woman
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
GoodWatch score 39

as Beth Colman

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kitty

North to the Klondike
North to the Klondike (1942)

as Mary Sloan

The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Elsa Frankenstein

1930s

8 titles · average score 58
Over the Moon
Over the Moon (1939)
GoodWatch score 47

as Sanitarium Patient (uncredited)

The Villiers Diamond
The Villiers Diamond (1938)

as Joan Raymond

Murder in the Family
Murder in the Family (1938)

as Dorothy Osborne

The Claydon Treasure Mystery
The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)

as Rosemary Shackleford

Second Thoughts
Second Thoughts (1938)

as Molly Frame

Fire Over England
Fire Over England (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

as Lady-in-Waiting

Wings of the Morning
Wings of the Morning (1937)
GoodWatch score 59

as Party Guest

Rembrandt
Rembrandt (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Party Girl (uncredited)