Evelyn PeirceSometimes misspelled as Evelyn Pierce (February 5, 1907 – August 9, 1960) was an American film actress during the

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era, and into the 1930s.

Biography

Peirce was born in

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, and moved to

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as a professional stage dancer, and was spotted by talent scouts and encouraged to pursue an acting career in the mid-1920s. Her first role was in the 1925 film '' Excuse Me'', which was uncredited. Her first credited role was that same year in '' Don't'', which starred Sally O'Neil. She was also one of thirteen girls selected as "

WAMPAS Baby Stars The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored 13 (15 in 1932) young actresses each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. ...

" in 1925, which included actress

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. Following being selected by "WAMPAS" she received a minor contract with

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(MGM) which lasted through 1931. From 1927 through 1931, Peirce appeared in seven films, two of which were uncredited. She continued to act through 1935 after the end of her MGM contract, but only had one credited role out of six films during that period. She married actor Robert (Tex) Allen, and although he continued to act well into the 1980s, Peirce retired from acting. They had one daughter, Katherine Meyer, and a son, Ted Baehr, who chose to go by his father's birth name, and who is a well known media critic, as well as chairman of The Christian Film and Television Commission, and publisher of ''MOVIEGUIDE''. Allen and Peirce settled in

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, where they were residing at the time of her death at age 52 in 1960.

References

Sources

* Anderson, Chuck (October 3, 2008)
Columbia In Transition: Bob Allen and Jack Luden
" The Old Corral (b-westerns.com), accessed October 25, 2008

WAMPAS Baby Star, 1925]

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peirce, Evelyn American silent film actresses American film actresses Actresses from Texas Actresses from Los Angeles 1907 births 1960 deaths People from Del Rio, Texas 20th-century American actresses