--- name: "Evelyn Brent" canonical: "https://film.one/person/evelyn-brent" fi1m_id: "evelyn-brent" imdb_id: "nm0107574" tmdb_id: 86827 wikidata_id: "Q31221" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 October 1899" died: "4 June 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T03:28:50.890339+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Evelyn Brent ## Identity Evelyn Brent - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/evelyn-brent - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** evelyn-brent - **IMDb ID:** nm0107574 - **TMDB ID:** 86827 - **Wikidata ID:** Q31221 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Brent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86827 Actor. Born 18 October 1899 in Tampa, Florida, USA. Died 4 June 1975. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 October 1899, Tampa, Florida, USA - **Died:** 4 June 1975 - **Also known as:** Bettie Riggs, Betty Riggs, Mary Elizabeth Riggs - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Brent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86827 ## Biography Evelyn Brent, born Mary Elizabeth Riggs and also credited as Betty Riggs or Bettie Riggs, was an American film and stage actress. She began her career as an extra in New Jersey studios around 1914 and appeared in silent films before moving to England for stage and screen work. She returned to the United States in the early 1920s. Brent appeared in more than 100 films. She is noted for her roles as Feathers in *Underworld* (1927) and Natalie Dabrova in *The Last Command* (1928). Later credits include Natalie Cortez in *The Seventh Victim* (1943). She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and later worked as an actor's agent. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Seventh Victim* (1943), Fi1m 62, as Natalie Cortez — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-victim.md) ## Complete filmography (113) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Sad Horse* (1959), as Sheila - *Again Pioneers* (1950), as Alice Keeler - *The Golden Eye* (1948), as Sister Teresa - *Stage Struck* (1948), as Miss Lloyd - *Robin Hood of Monterey* (1947), as Maria Belmonte Sanchez - *Raiders of the South* (1947), as Belle Chambers - *Holt of the Secret Service* (1944), Actor - *The Seventh Victim* (1943), as Natalie Cortez — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-victim.md) - *Spy Train* (1943), as Frieda Molte - *Silent Witness* (1943), as Mrs. Roos / Anna Barnes - *The Payoff* (1942), as Alma Dorn - *Wrecking Crew* (1942), as Martha Poska - *Westward Ho* (1942), as Mrs. Healey - *Holt of the Secret Service* (1941), as Kay Drew - *Dangerous Lady* (1941), as Hester Engle - *Wide Open Town* (1941), as Belle Langtry - *Forced Landing* (1941), as Brunet Who Turns in Andros - *Emergency Landing* (1941), as Maude Lambert - *The Mad Empress* (1939), as Empress Eugenie - *Daughter of the Tong* (1939), as Carney - *Panama Lady* (1939), as Lenore - *The Law West of Tombstone* (1938), as Clara 'Clary' Martinez - *Mr. Wong, Detective* (1938), as Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome - *Tip-Off Girls* (1938), as Rena Terry - *Daughter of Shanghai* (1937), as Olga Derey - *Sudden Bill Dorn* (1937), as Diana Viargas - *Night Club Scandal* (1937), as Julia Reed - *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), as Woman Soldier (uncredited) - *King of Gamblers* (1937), as Cora - *Jungle Jim* (1937), as Shanghai Lil - *Hopalong Cassidy Returns* (1936), as Lilli Marsh - *The President's Mystery* (1936), as Ilka Blake - *It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)* (1936), as Beverly Blake - *Song of the Trail* (1936), as Myra - *The Nitwits* (1935), as Alice Lake - *Without Children* (1935), as Shirley Ross Cole - *Home on the Range* (1935), as Georgia - *Symphony of Living* (1935), as Paula Greig Rupert - *Speed Limited* (1935), as Natalie - *The World Gone Mad* (1933), as Nina Lamont - *The Crusader* (1932), as Tess Brandon - *Attorney for the Defense* (1932), as Val Lorraine - *High Pressure* (1932), as Francine Dale - *The Mad Parade* (1931), as Monica Dale - *The Pagan Lady* (1931), as Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter - *Traveling Husbands* (1931), as Ruby Smith - *Madonna of the Streets* (1930), as May - *The Silver Horde* (1930), as Cherry Malotte - *Paramount on Parade* (1930), as Apache Dancer - *Framed* (1930), as Rose Manning - *Slightly Scarlet* (1930), as Lucy Stavrin - *Darkened Rooms* (1929), as Ellen - *Why Bring That Up?* (1929), as Betty - *Woman Trap* (1929), as Kitty Evans - *Fast Company* (1929), Actor - *Broadway* (1929), as Pearl - *Interference* (1929), as Deborah Kane - *The Mating Call* (1928), as Rose Henderson - *His Tiger Lady* (1928), as The Tiger Lady - *The Drag Net* (1928), as The Magpie - *A Night of Mystery* (1928), Actor - *The Showdown* (1928), as Sibyl Shelton - *Beau Sabreur* (1928), as Mary Vanbrugh - *The Last Command* (1928), as Natalie Dabrova - *Women's Wares* (1927), as Dolly Martin - *Underworld* (1927), as Feathers - *Blind Alleys* (1927), as Sally Ray - *Love's Greatest Mistake* (1927), as Jane - *Flame of the Argentine* (1926), as Inez Remírez - *The Impostor* (1926), as Judith Gilbert - *Love 'Em and Leave 'Em* (1926), as Mame Walsh - *Secret Orders* (1926), as Janet Graaham - *Queen o'Diamonds* (1926), as Jeanette Durant / Jerry Lyon - *A Broadway Lady* (1925), as Rosalie Ryan - *Lady Robinhood* (1925), as Señorita Catalina / La Ortiga - *Smooth as Satin* (1925), as Gertie Jones - *Forbidden Cargo* (1925), as Polly O'Day - *Midnight Molly* (1925), Actor - *Silk Stocking Sal* (1924), as "Stormy" Martin - *My Husband's Wives* (1924), as Marie Wynn - *The Dangerous Flirt* (1924), as Sheila Fairfax - *The Cyclone Rider* (1924), as Weeping Wanda - *The Desert Outlaw* (1924), as May Halloway - *The Lone Chance* (1924), as Margaret West - *The Arizona Express* (1924), as Lola Nichols - *The Shadow of the East* (1924), as Lolaire - *Loving Lies* (1924), as Ellen Craig - *Held to Answer* (1923), as Bessie Burbeck - *Pages of Life* (1922), as Mitzi - *The Experiment* (1922), as Doris Fielding - *The Spanish Jade* (1922), as Mañuela - *Married to a Mormon* (1922), as Beryl Fane - *Circus Jim* (1922), Actor - *Trapped by the Mormons* (1922), as Nora Prescott - *Laughter and Tears* (1921), as Pierrette - *The Shuttle of Life* (1920), as Miriam Grey - *The Law Divine* (1920), as Daphne Grey - *In the River* (1920), as Nan Somers - *The Glorious Lady* (1919), as Lady Eileen - *Border River* (1919), as Marie Dubuque - *Help! Help! Police!* (1919), as Marian Trevor - *Daybreak* (1918), as Det. Alma Peterson - *Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman* (1917), as Ethel - *To the Death* (1917), as Rosa - *Who's Your Neighbor?* (1917), as Betty Hamlin - *The Millionaire's Double* (1917), as Constance Brent - *The Iron Woman* (1916), as Nannie Maitland - *The Weakness of Strength* (1916), as Bessie Alden - *The Spell of the Yukon* (1916), as Dorothy Temple - *Playing with Fire* (1916), as Lucille Vane - *The Soul Market* (1916), as Vivian Austin - *The Lure of Heart's Desire* (1916), as Little Snowbird - *Heart of a Painted Woman* (1915), Actor ## Gallery - ![Included in the set of Rolf Armstrong's 16 screen beauties. (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-44f591cffd29.jpg) Included in the set of Rolf Armstrong's 16 screen beauties. (1930) — Screenland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Evelyn_Brent_-_Van_Dyke_Brown.jpg/1280px-Evelyn_Brent_-_Van_Dyke_Brown.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![A film still from A Night of Mystery (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-74cce8cf8cb7.jpg) A film still from A Night of Mystery (1928) — Employee(s) of Paramount Famous Lasky Corp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Brent%2C_Evelyn_%28A_Night_of_Mystery%29_01.jpg/1280px-Brent%2C_Evelyn_%28A_Night_of_Mystery%29_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![A film still from A Night of Mystery (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-c68c2926737f.jpg) A film still from A Night of Mystery (1928) — Employee(s) of Paramount Famous Lasky Corp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Brent%2C_Evelyn_%28A_Night_of_Mystery%29_NRFPT_01.jpg/1280px-Brent%2C_Evelyn_%28A_Night_of_Mystery%29_NRFPT_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![A film still from A Night of Mystery (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-b1feebed6e30.jpg) A film still from A Night of Mystery (1928) — Employee(s) of Paramount Famous Lasky Corp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Brent%2C_Evelyn_%28A_Night_of_Mystery%29_NRFPT_02.jpg/1280px-Brent%2C_Evelyn_%28A_Night_of_Mystery%29_NRFPT_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Evelyn Brent](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-7eaf50a7dd19.jpg) Evelyn Brent — Image via TMDB - ![Evelyn Brent](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-4a8dd304760d.jpg) Evelyn Brent — Image via TMDB - ![Evelyn Brent](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-0eb009e616c0.jpg) Evelyn Brent — Image via TMDB - ![Omschrijving: Acteur Emil Janning in 1929 in de rol als grootvorst in de film 'Het laatste commando ' met de actrice Evelyn Brent. Plaats Hollywood.](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-9baad401234d.jpg) Omschrijving: Acteur Emil Janning in 1929 in de rol als grootvorst in de film 'Het laatste commando ' met de actrice Evelyn Brent. Plaats Hollywood. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Acteur_Emil_Janning_in_1929_in_de_rol_als_grootvorst_in_de_film_%27Het_laatste_commando_%27_met_de%2C_SFA022001716.jpg/1280px-Acteur_Emil_Janning_in_1929_in_de_rol_als_grootvorst_in_de_film_%27Het_laatste_commando_%27_met_de%2C_SFA022001716.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Evelyn Brent](https://film.one/media/person/3859420/gallery-0304d342ad77.jpg) Evelyn Brent — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Evelynbrent.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/evelyn-brent