Age, Biography and Wiki
Evelyn Ankers was born on August 17, 1918 in Valparaíso, Chile. She was the daughter of a British diplomat and a Chilean mother. She began her career as a child actress in the 1930s, appearing in films such as The Invisible Man (1933) and The Wolf Man (1941).
Ankers was best known for her roles in horror films, earning her the nickname "The Queen of the Screamers". She starred in films such as The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), and The Mad Ghoul (1943). She also appeared in the Abbott and Costello comedy, Hold That Ghost (1941).
Ankers was married to actor Richard Denning from 1945 until her death in 1985. She died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 66.
| Popular As |
Evelyn Felisa Ankers |
| Occupation |
actress,soundtrack |
| Age |
67 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
17 August, 1918 |
| Birthday |
17 August |
| Birthplace |
Valparaíso, Chile |
| Date of death |
August 29, 1985 |
| Died Place |
Maui, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Nationality |
Chile |
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She is a member of famous Actress with the age 67 years old group.
Evelyn Ankers Height, Weight & Measurements
At 67 years old, Evelyn Ankers height is 5′ 8″ .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
5′ 8″ |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Evelyn Ankers's Husband?
Her husband is Richard Denning (m. 1942)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Richard Denning (m. 1942) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Diana Denning |
Evelyn Ankers Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Evelyn Ankers worth at the age of 67 years old? Evelyn Ankers’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from Chile. We have estimated
Evelyn Ankers's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actress |
Evelyn Ankers Social Network
Timeline
Wrote the introduction for the 1978 book The Golden Age of "B" Movies by Doug McClelland, published by Charter House.
A decade later, Ankers came out of retirement to make one final screen appearance, in her hubby's No Greater Love (1960).
As the 1950s dawned, a decade of conformity and family values, Ankers quit the movies for married life and motherhood after making The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950), in which she was first-billed. She was 32 years old.
Evelyn co-starred with her returned husband, Richard, in the major release Black Beauty (1946) for 20th Century Fox.
For PRC, she headlined Queen of Burlesque (1946) and later co-starred with Lex Barker in Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949).
Horror flicks were popular during World War II, but after the cessation of hostilities in 1945, they went out of favor with audiences. Ankers' career, mated to the genre at Universal, suffered.
She quit Universal in 1945 and freelanced at Columbia and Poverty Row's Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and Republic Pictures in dramas and mysteries.
Ankers found herself cast into the horror picture ghetto, appearing in three more Chaney fright films, The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Son of Dracula (1943) and The Frozen Ghost (1945), during a period in which she was cast ashore with a sarong-less Jon Hall in The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944).
She also appeared in support of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) and The Pearl of Death (1944).
Ankers married B-movie hunk Richard Denning in 1942 and made a go articulating the anxieties of the home front while her husband was off to war.
She made her Universal debut in the Abbott and Costello comedy-horror picture Hold That Ghost (1941) before appearing in the horror film classic The Wolf Man (1941) opposite Lon Chaney Jr. .
Evelyn Ankers, a beautiful movie actress who was a staple of Universal's horror films in the 1940s, was born in Chile to English parents in 1918.
With war clouds darkening the skies over Europe, Ankers emigrated to the United States and was signed to a contract by Universal in 1940.
A beauty with talent, she soon won starring roles in the low-budget The Villiers Diamond (1938) and The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938).
She appeared in Fire Over England (1937) with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh and in Bells of St.
She began appearing in small roles in English movies in the mid 1930s while she was still in school.
Her parents repatriated the family back to England in the 1920s, and it was in Old Blighty that Ankers developed a desire to become an actress.
