---
name: "Judith Evelyn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/judith-evelyn"
fi1m_id: "judith-evelyn"
imdb_id: "nm0263393"
tmdb_id: 7686
wikidata_id: "Q3089145"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 March 1909"
died: "7 May 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T02:57:04.928092+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."
---

# Judith Evelyn

## Identity

Judith Evelyn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/judith-evelyn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** judith-evelyn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0263393
- **TMDB ID:** 7686
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3089145
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Evelyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3089145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263393/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7686

Actor. Born 20 March 1909 in Seneca, South Dakota, USA. Died 7 May 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 March 1909, Seneca, South Dakota, USA
- **Died:** 7 May 1967
- **Active:** 1954–1956
- **Also known as:** Judith Evelyn Morris, Evelyn Morris
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Evelyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3089145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263393/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7686

## Biography

Judith Evelyn (born Evelyn Morris) was an American-born stage and film actress who worked primarily in Canada and the United States. She was born on 20 March 1909 in Seneca, South Dakota, and raised in Canada, where she attended the University of Manitoba and developed her acting skills at Hart House, University of Toronto.

Evelyn appeared on Broadway in plays including *Angel Street* (1941), *Craig's Wife* (1947) and *The Shrike* (1952). Her film roles include Miss Lonelyhearts in Alfred Hitchcock's *Rear Window* (1954), Nancy Lynnton in *Giant* (1956), Taia in *The Egyptian* (1954), and Mrs Martha Ryerson Higgins in *The Tingler* (1959). She also appeared in episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and died on 7 May 1967 in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Giant* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Nancy Lynnton — [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *Rear Window* (1954), Fi1m 94, as Miss Lonelyhearts — [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Thriller* (1960), series, as Mildred Adler Beaumont
- *The Tingler* (1959), as Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, as Clara Koller
- *Twilight for the Gods* (1958), as Ethel Peacock
- *The Brothers Karamazov* (1958), as Mme. Anna Hohlakov
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Black Fairy
- *Mayerling* (1957), as Countess Larische
- *Giant* (1956), as Nancy Lynnton — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *Hilda Crane* (1956), as Mrs. Stella Crane
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Amelia Verber, Mabel McKay
- *Female on the Beach* (1955), as Eloise Crandall
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Susan Garsten, Lydia, Nurse Helm, Evelyn
- *The Egyptian* (1954), as Taia
- *Rear Window* (1954), as Miss Lonelyhearts — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Ann
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1953), as Therese Defarge
- *Abraham Lincoln* (1952), as Mary Lincoln
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Clara O'Fell, Mildred Brown
- *The 13th Letter* (1951), as Sister Marie Corbin
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Dilly, Mrs. Crocker-Harris, Martha
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Mrs. Collins
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Volumnia, Mary Lincoln, Lady Macbeth
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Marguerite Gautier
- *Angel Street* (1946), as Mrs. Manningham

## Gallery

- ![Judith Evelyn](https://film.one/media/person/59180/gallery-e4e46ca82960.jpg) Judith Evelyn — unknown (Billy Rose Theatre Collection), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Judith_Evelyn_%281941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Encina Drive-In theater advertisement for the American mystery thriller film Rear Window (1954). From the 13 October 1954 Santa Cruz Sentinel.](https://film.one/media/person/59180/gallery-cb77afe6b286.jpg) Encina Drive-In theater advertisement for the American mystery thriller film Rear Window (1954). From the 13 October 1954 Santa Cruz Sentinel. — Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Encina_Drive-in_Ad_-_13_October_1954%2C_Santa_Cruz%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The headstone of Judith Evelyn in Kensico Cemetery (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/59180/gallery-d35d72cd5e86.jpg) The headstone of Judith Evelyn in Kensico Cemetery (2010) — Anthony22 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Judith_Evelyn_Headstone_2010.JPG/1280px-Judith_Evelyn_Headstone_2010.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ritz Theatre and Tri-City Drive-In advertisement for the horror film The Tingler (1959). From the 30 October 1959 San Bernardino Sun.](https://film.one/media/person/59180/gallery-91270e218296.jpg) Ritz Theatre and Tri-City Drive-In advertisement for the horror film The Tingler (1959). From the 30 October 1959 San Bernardino Sun. — Columbia Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ritz_Theatre%2C_Tri-City_Drive-in_Ad_-_30_October_1959%2C_CA.jpg/1280px-Ritz_Theatre%2C_Tri-City_Drive-in_Ad_-_30_October_1959%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Judith Evelyn](https://film.one/media/person/59180/gallery-839d12f43ca8.jpg) Judith Evelyn — Image via TMDB

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