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Evalyn
Evalyn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Evalyn France, the first woman president of a national bank * Evalyn Knapp (1906–1981), American film actress * Evalyn Parry, Canadian Quaker singer/songwriter and actress/playwright who grew up in Toronto, Ontario * Evalyn Walsh McLean (1886–1947), American mining heiress and socialite, the last private owner of the 45-carat (9.0 g) Hope Diamond See also * Eveline (given name) * Evelyn (name) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Evalyn McLean ( Walsh; August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress and socialite, famous for reputedly being the last private owner of the Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for US$180,000 from Pierre Cartier), as well as another famous diamond, the Star of the East. She also authored the memoir, ''Father Struck It Rich'', together with Boyden Sparkes. Early life McLean was born on August 1, 1886, in Leadville, Colorado, the daughter of Carrie Bell Reed, a former schoolteacher, and Thomas Walsh, an Irish immigrant miner and prospector. She had one sibling, a brother, Vinson Walsh (1888–1905), who died in a car accident in Newport, Rhode Island, at age 17. When she was 12 years old, her father discovered a gold mine and became a multimillionaire. The family moved to a large mansion on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. At the age of 14, she moved to Paris for singing lessons. Instead, she lived a wild life, coloring her hair, adding rouge to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evalyn France
Evalyn Smith Nesbitt Tome France (1855 – April 22, 1927) was the first woman president of a national bank. Early life Evalyn Smith Nesbitt was born in 1855 in Port Deposit, Maryland, to Henry C. Nesbitt, a merchant who owned a general store in Port Deposit and branch stores in Harford County, Maryland. In 1873, she received a degree in English literature from Wesleyan Female College in Wilmington, Delaware. Career With her husband Jacob Tome, she co-founded the Tome School in Port Deposit. After it opened in 1894, she served as the president of the board of trustees. She served as president of the Cecil National Bank of Port Deposit from 1898 to 1906 and of the National Bank of Elkton, Maryland, from 1898 to 1906. Personal life She married Jacob Tome, a millionaire and philanthropist, on October 1, 1884. He died in 1898. She married Dr. Joseph I. France, a teacher at the Tome School, in June 24, 1903. After he was elected as a U.S. senator in 1916, she helped form the Ladie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp (born Evelyn Pauline Knapp; June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981) was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movie serial actress in the 1930s. She was the younger sister of the orchestra leader Orville Knapp. Life and career Knapp started acting in silent films, her first role being in the 1929 film ''At the Dentist's''. She was cast as leading lady in '' Smart Money'' in 1931, the only film starring both Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. In 1932, Knapp was one of 14 girls, along with Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart, selected as WAMPAS Baby Stars. She achieved success in cliffhanger serials, which were popular at the time. She played the title character in the 1933 serial '' The Perils of Pauline''. The same year, she starred, with top billing, alongside 26-year-old John Wayne in ''His Private Secretary'', a light comedy in which Wayne portrays a playboy determined to win her over. She also appeared in '' Corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eveline (given Name)
Evelyn is a given name in the English language, where it can be used as a first name or a surname.. The name originally was used as a surname, which derived from Aveline, a feminine Norman French diminutive of the name Ava.. "from the Norman female name Aveline, an elaborated form of >Ava." Ava itself is a hypocoristic Germanic name, of uncertain origin. Evelyn is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Aibhilín'' or ''Éibhleann''. '' Aibhilín'' (variant ''Eibhlín'') is itself derived from the Norman French ''Aveline''. ''Éibhleann'' (variant ''Éibhliu''), on the other hand, is said to be derived from the Old Irish ''óiph'' ("beauty"). Variant forms of the feminine first name Evelyn include: Evaline, Evalyn, Eveleen, Evelien, Eveliene, Evelin, Evelina, Eveline, Evelyne, Évelyne and Ewaline. Some of these forms may (also) have arisen as diminutive forms of Eve.. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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