Evelyn Preer
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Evelyn Preer.
Place of Birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Blonde Venus
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Within Our Gates
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Ladies of the Big House
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
The Framing of the Shrew
Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce proceedings, pretending to have a new girlfriend and refusing to eat anything she cooks him.
Melancholy Dame
A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.
Georgia Rose
Musical film with an all-black cast.
The Homesteader
Directed by Oscar Micheaux and Jerry Mills.
The Brute
The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is forced into marriage with him for money after her original fiance is thought dead. When that man returns, he attempts to rescue her.
The Devil's Disciple
Aileen Kennibrew, a charming and beautiful girl calls on one Richard Ellis, a motion picture producer, who is impressed by her modesty, refined personality and striking carriage and is persuaded to "try" her out in the movies. She makes good, and altho' elevated after a few pictures to stardom, becomes obsessed with an overwhelming desire to go on the stage. Finally securing a part with a dramatic stock company, she fall in love with a character man, who, unknown to her, is of degenerate character. Giving him all her love, however, she sets out to reform him with the usual result—but that's the story!
Birthright
A young black Harvard graduate fights against a variety of obstacles, including racist opposition, in order to build a school for black children. Considered a lost film.
Filmography
as (uncredited)
as Inmate
as Grace
as Clarry Robson
as Jonquil Williams
as Cissie Deldine
as Ida May Gilpin
as Sylvia Landry
as Mildred Carrison
as Orlean