Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn was an American-born Canadian actress who worked in theater, film and television. Born in Seneca, South Dakota, and raised in Winnipeg, she studied at the University of Manitoba, where she took part in drama, and trained at Hart House at the University of Toronto. She worked in radio for the BBC and CBC and gained early stage experience with a Canadian Chautauqua unit and the Pasadena Community Playhouse. On Broadway she appeared in The Shrike, Craig's Wife, The Rich Full Life and Angel Street, winning the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award in 1942 for Angel Street. Her films included Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) as Miss Lonelyhearts, Giant (1956) as Nancy Lynnton, The Egyptian (1954) as Queen Mother Taia, and The Tingler (1959) with Vincent Price, her last film role. On television she appeared in Behind Closed Doors and Tales of Wells Fargo, with her last credited role on The Eleventh Hour in 1962. She died in 1967.