Evelyn Brent
Date of birth: 1899-10-18
Place of birth: Tampa, Florida, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Bettie Riggs, Betty Riggs, Mary Elizabeth Riggs
Biography
Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs) was an American film and stage actress.
Movie Credits
Fast Company
1929-09-20
Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is
The Seventh Victim
1943-08-21
After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her b
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938-10-05
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective W
Forbidden Cargo
1925-02-22
A vivacious young woman known only as Captain Joe captains a rum-runner operating between the Bahama
Lady Robinhood
1925-07-26
Disguising herself as a masked bandit, Catalina, the ward of the governor of a Spanish province, ave
Heart of a Painted Woman
1915-04-19
Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York Cit
Framed
1930-03-16
Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years l
Underworld
1927-08-20
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but c
A Night of Mystery
1928-04-07
Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who
High Pressure
1932-01-10
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company"
Sudden Bill Dorn
1937-12-01
Bundy has found gold on the Kent ranch but directs everyone to Ghost Town as he tries to take over t
Wide Open Town
1941-08-08
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws,
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936-10-16
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rif
The Desert Outlaw
1924-08-24
Tom Halloway, compelled through circumstances to become an outlaw, robs the express office on the da
The Last Command
1928-01-21
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie
The Golden Eye
1948-08-29
A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable mon
The Dangerous Flirt
1924-10-19
The naïve Sheila Fairfax (Brent) plays with men’s emotions without fully comprehending the risks lea
Dangerous Lady
1941-09-12
Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clea
Help! Help! Police!
1919-04-27
While vacationing with his father Edward at a Palm Beach hotel, George Welston becomes smitten with
Daughter of Shanghai
1937-12-17
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
King of Gamblers
1937-04-22
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for
Queen o'Diamonds
1926-01-24
Chorus girl Jerry Lyon, is persuaded to pose as her look-alike, Jeanette Durant, a Broadway star who
The Mating Call
1928-07-21
A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. Pr
The Payoff
1942-11-24
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding o
Panama Lady
1939-05-12
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tu
The President's Mystery
1936-09-28
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Fra
Stage Struck
1948-06-13
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
The World Gone Mad
1933-04-15
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fr
The Showdown
1928-02-25
Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.
The Weakness of Strength
1916-08-20
Through a real estate purchase Daniel Gaynor acquires all rights in the waterway leading from Moose
Emergency Landing
1941-03-07
A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pi
Broadway
1929-05-27
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder
The Law West of Tombstone
1938-11-18
A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
1926-03-19
Mame Walsh promised their mother on her deathbed to look after little sister Janie. But Janie helps
The Silver Horde
1930-10-24
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
The Millionaire's Double
1917-04-30
After his wife has run off with another man, New Yorker Bide Bennington decides to stay in Europe. A
The Pagan Lady
1931-09-07
Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a
Symphony of Living
1935-01-19
Just before Adolph Greig's solo violin performance at the Cosmopolitan Orchestra, his right hand is
Interference
1928-11-04
Paramount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose loft
Spy Train
1943-07-09
People on a train want what's in a Nazi spy bag, unaware it's a time bomb.
Woman Trap
1929-09-28
The younger brother of a police captain is a wanted fugitive, so when the captain railroads his brot
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
1936-08-01
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
The Sad Horse
1959-03-01
A lonely boy finds companionship with a horse.
Attorney for the Defense
1932-05-21
A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent ma
Border River
1919-10-13
A Mountie searching for known moonshiners falls in love with the sister of a man associated with the
The Impostor
1926-04-18
The debauched son of a wealthy family, Dick Gilbert, is forced to raise money to pay off gambling de
Held to Answer
1923-11-22
John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become
The Crusader
1932-10-04
Gangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughte
Jungle Jim
1937-01-18
Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune.
Daughter of the Tong
1939-08-28
A detective matches wits with the female leader of a crime ring.
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947-09-06
Eduardo Belmonte overhears his new step-mother, Maria, and her lover, Don Ricardo Gonzales plotting
The Shuttle of Life
1920-11-01
An actress poses as an heiress who died, and dies fighting blackmailing detectives in a burning hous
Tip-Off Girls
1938-04-01
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of
Traveling Husbands
1931-08-15
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Trapped by the Mormons
1922-01-01
Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the origi
Daybreak
1918-01-07
Edith Frome (Stevens) finds it impossible to live with her alcoholic husband Arthur (L ‘Estrange), a
The Iron Woman
1916-10-02
Steel mill owner Sarah Maitland has raised her two children, Blair and Nannie, to be honest and cari
Secret Orders
1926-03-07
At the outbreak of the World War, Janet Graham, a telegrapher, is persuaded by Eddie Delano, a crook
The Spanish Jade
1922-04-10
When a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for his fr
Why Bring That Up?
1929-10-03
George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George the
The Mad Parade
1931-09-18
The story of eight women and how they served their country during World War I.
Silk Stocking Sal
1924-11-30
Silk Stocking Sal is discovered burgling a palatial townhouse by its owner, Bob Cooper. Intrigued wi
Speed Limited
1935-01-12
A wealthy blonde gal in Las Vegas gets mixed up with a lady gangster and the G-man that is chasing t
Darkened Rooms
1929-11-23
Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evely
Laughter and Tears
1921-09-26
Bohemian drama. A woman falls in love with a struggling artist, who later becomes famous and decides
The Nitwits
1935-06-07
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a
Forced Landing
1941-07-11
On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military offic
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917-12-14
A.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals pr
Night Club Scandal
1937-11-11
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But F
Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cre
Westward Ho
1942-04-24
The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time
Song of the Trail
1936-03-15
A cowboy realizes too late that his girlfriend's father had been cheated out of everything in a croo
Silent Witness
1943-01-15
District Attorney Holden and his special investigator Betty Higgins are trying to convict brothers J
The Glorious Lady
1919-10-19
During an annual celebration in which English peasants and aristocrats mingle, the Duke of Loame is
The Experiment
1922-09-01
A rich girl's fiancé poses as a chauffeur to stop her eloping with a major.
Raiders of the South
1947-01-18
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the recons
Again Pioneers
1950-11-01
Citizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant camp
Love's Greatest Mistake
1927-02-20
On a train bound for New York, where she hopes to find work, Honey McNeil captures the appreciative
Holt of the Secret Service
1944-03-06
Feature version of the 1941 American serial film of the same name, made for export only, never shown
The Soul Market
1916-03-12
Having made public her disdain for wealthy men, musical comedy actress Elaine Elton is nonetheless a
Slightly Scarlet
1930-02-22
Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the
Home on the Range
1935-02-01
Two men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted
Beau Sabreur
1928-01-22
The film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the L
Wrecking Crew
1942-11-07
Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a build
A Broadway Lady
1925-11-15
Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but
His Tiger Lady
1928-05-27
A variety extra falls in love with a beautiful duchess, and tries to impress her by posing as a raja
Holt of the Secret Service
1941-11-21
A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him t
The Law Divine
1920-11-01
A war worker wins back her wounded husband with recollections of their honeymoon.
Married to a Mormon
1922-04-01
A Mormon weds a rich English girl, takes a second wife in Utah, and is killed by his first wife's lo
The Arizona Express
1924-03-23
A man is framed for the murder of his uncle, a bank president, and sentenced to hang. His sister and
Women's Wares
1927-10-01
Salesgirl Dolly Morton becomes disillusioned about men after an incident with her boyfriend, so she
Circus Jim
1922-01-24
After the death of their father, a travelling showman, Iris Belmore and her little brother Billy are
Midnight Molly
1925-01-11
Midnight Molly' is hit by a car while evading the police, and mistakenly identified as the wife of J
Who's Your Neighbor?
1917-06-15
Reformers pass a law to force prostitutes out of the Red Light District.
Madonna of the Streets
1930-11-25
Directed by John S. Robertson. With Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames, Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn.
The Mad Empress
1939-12-16
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I
Loving Lies
1924-01-22
A tug boat skipper never informs his nervous wife when he has a dangerous job to do. This leads to c
The Drag Net
1928-05-01
Captain Timothy 'Two Gun' Nolan is appointed head of the New York detective force, and as his first
Without Children
1935-04-15
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high soci
The Shadow of the East
1924-01-27
Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's
Pages of Life
1922-11-01
A composer's neighbour rescues a seduced waif and discovers she is his daughter.
The Lure of Heart's Desire
1916-01-17
Socialite Ethel Wyndham turns down Jim Carew’s marriage proposal because of his working-class status
Playing with Fire
1916-04-17
Jean Servian's eyesight is failing and is desperate for money, marries wealthy widower Geoffrey Vane
The Spell of the Yukon
1916-05-15
Having forced Jim Carson to leave town in order to avoid a trumped-up embezzling charge, now Albert
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-25
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Flame of the Argentine
1926-07-11
Doña Aguila, owner of a vast ranch and a valuable emerald mine in the Argentine, longs for her lost
In the River
1920-08-12
A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.
Blind Alleys
1927-02-26
Merchant marine Captain Dan Kirby arrives in New York City with his Cuban bride, María. Leaving his
The Lone Chance
1924-05-18
Penniless inventor Jack Saunders, in search of a girl he loves, assumes the guilt for a murder in re
My Husband's Wives
1924-11-16
Vale Harvey invites Marie Wynn, an old school friend, to visit her, not knowing that Marie was once
To the Death
1917-08-27
Bianca, a Corsican, supports her frivolous sister, Rosa, by making laces. The sculptor, Manatelli, v