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Muriel Evans (July 20, 1910 – October 26, 2000) was an American film actress. She is best known for her many appearances in popular westerns of the 1930s for which she won a Golden Boot Award. ==Early life and career== Muriel Adele Evanson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Norwegian immigrant parents. Her father died when she was only two months old, forcing her mother to move to California to find work, where Evans' mother took a job as a maid at First National Studios. She spent her afternoons on film sets and was soon noticed by a studio executive. The executive introduced her to the director Robert Z. Leonard, who gave her a small role opposite Corinne Griffith in the 1926 film, ''Mademoiselle Modiste''. She continued attending classes at Hollywood High School and landing bit parts in stock theater productions and silent films.〔 〕 In 1929, Evans co-starred in the silent, comedic short films, ''Good Night Nurse'' and ''Joyland'', starring Lupino Lane. Shortly after completing ''Joyland'', Evans put her acting career on hold to finish school. In July 1929, Evans announced her engagement to Michael J. P. Cudahy, the grandson of Michael Cudahy, one of the founders of the Cudahy Packing Company. They were married on July 7, 1929 in Riverside, California. Evans and Cudahy traveled the world and settled in Paris. In 1930, they returned to the United States and Evans filed for divorce. Their divorce was finalized in October 1930. Evans, who gave up her career upon her marriage, returned to Hollywood, signed a contract at MGM and began making films again. In 1932, Evans starred in six films, most notably, ''Young Ironsides'' with Charley Chase and ''Pack Up Your Troubles'' with Laurel and Hardy. She would go on to star in eight more shorts with Chase before his death in 1940. Evans' success was due in large part to her pleasant speaking voice. She made a smooth transition from silent pictures to talkies, and throughout the 1930s, Evans continued to work steadily. She appeared in Frank Capra's ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', ''Manhattan Melodrama'' with Clark Gable and William Powell, and ''The Prizefighter and the Lady'' with Myrna Loy. By the mid-1930s, Evans also began co-starring in popular westerns alongside Tom Mix, John Wayne and Tex Ritter. She also starred in three ''Hopalong Cassidy'' films opposite William Boyd, and did seven westerns with Buck Jones.〔(The Heroines: Muriel Evans )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muriel Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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