Dale Evans Rogers (born Frances Octavia Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was the third wife of

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Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and television host. Following early work under his given name, first as co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then acting, the rebra ...

Early life

Evans was born Frances Octavia Smith on October 31, 1912, in

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, to Bettie Sue Wood and T. Hillman Smith. She had a tumultuous early life. She spent a lot of time living with her uncle, Dr. L.D. Massey MD FACP, an internal medicine physician, in

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. At age 14, she eloped with and married Thomas F. Fox, with whom she had one son, Thomas F. Fox Jr., when she was 15. A year later, abandoned by her husband, she found herself in

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, a single parent pursuing a career in music. She landed jobs with Memphis radio stations (WMC and WREC), singing and playing piano. Divorced in 1929, she took the name Dale Evans while working at radio station WHAS (

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) in the early 1930s after the station manager suggested it because he believed she could promote her singing career with a short pleasant sounding name that announcers and disc jockeys could easily pronounce.Dale Evans' biography
, royrogers.com; accessed May 16, 2014.

Early career

After beginning her career singing at the radio station where she was employed as a secretary, Evans had a productive career as a

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, swing, and

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singer that led to a screen test and contract with

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studios. She gained exposure on radio as the featured singer for a time on the

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Charlie McCarthy Charlie McCarthy is Edgar Bergen's famed ventriloquist dummy partner. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930, was attired in his famous top hat, tuxedo, and monocle. The character was so well-known that his populari ...

show. Throughout this early period, Evans went through two additional failed marriages, first with August Wayne Johns from 1929 to 1935; then with accompanist and arranger Robert Dale Butts from 1937 to 1946. Neither marriage produced children. During her time at

, the studio promoted her as the unmarried supporter of her teenage "brother" Tommy (actually her son Tom Fox, Jr.), a deception that continued through her divorce from Butts in 1946 and her development as a cowgirl co-star to

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Joint efforts

Evans married

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1947 at the Flying L Ranch in

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, where they had earlier filmed the movie ''

Home in Oklahoma '' Home in Oklahoma '' is a 1946 American Western film starring Roy Rogers. Cast *Roy Rogers - himself *Trigger - Trigger, the smartest horse in the movies. *George "Gabby" Hayes - Gabby Whittaker *Dale Evans - Connie Edwards * Carol Hughes - J ...

''. The successful marriage was Rogers' third and Evans' fourth; the two were a team on- and off-screen from 1946 until Rogers' death in 1998. Shortly after the wedding, Evans ended the deception regarding her son Tommy. Roy had an adopted daughter, Cheryl, and two biological children, Linda and Roy Jr. (Dusty), from his second marriage. Together they had one child, Robin Elizabeth, who died of complications of

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shortly before her second birthday. Her life inspired Evans to write her bestseller ''Angel Unaware''. Evans was very influential in changing public perceptions of children with developmental disabilities and served as a role model for many parents. After she wrote ''Angel Unaware'', a group then known as the “Oklahoma County Council for Mentally Retarded Children” adopted its better-known name

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in her honor. She went on to write a number of religious and inspirational books, and she and Roy appeared many times with Billy Graham in Crusades all over the country, singing gospel songs and giving their testimony. Evans and Rogers adopted four other children: Mimi, Dodie, Sandy, and Debbie. From 1951 to 1957, Evans and Rogers starred in the highly-successful television series ''

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'', in which they continued their cowboy and cowgirl roles, with her riding her trusty buckskin horse,

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served as a double for both Evans and

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, the actress who starred in the syndicated series ''

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'', often performing such tasks as tipping over wagons and jumping railroad tracks. In addition to her successful TV shows, more than 30 films and some 200 songs, Evans wrote the song " Happy Trails". In later episodes of the program, she was outspoken in her

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, telling people that God would assist them with their troubles and imploring adults and children to turn to Him for guidance. In late 1962, the couple co-hosted a comedy-western-variety program, ''

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'', which aired on

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. It was canceled after three months, losing in the ratings to the first season of ''

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''. In 1964, Evans spoke at a "Project Prayer" rally attended by 2,500 at the

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. The gathering, which was hosted by actor

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, star of ABC's '' Hawaiian Eye'' series, sought to flood the

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with letters in support of mandatory school prayer, following two decisions in 1962 and 1963 of the

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which struck down mandatory prayer as conflicting with the

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of the

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. Evans supported

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in the

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Joining Evans and Eisley at the Project Prayer rally were

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, and

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. Evans declared, "It's high time that all America stood up to be counted. Let our children learn of the Lord and be free." Eisely and Fleming added that Rogers,

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, and

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would have attended the rally had their schedules permitted. In the 1970s, Evans recorded several solo albums of religious music. During the 1980s, the couple introduced their films weekly on the former

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. In the 1990s, Evans hosted her own religious television program. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the 61st Academy Awards

Death

Evans died of congestive heart failure on February 7, 2001, at the age of 88, in

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. She is interred at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Apple Valley, next to Rogers.

Legacy

For her contribution to radio, Evans has a star on the

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at 6638 Hollywood Blvd. She received a second star at 1737 Vine St. for her contribution to the television industry. In 1976, she was inducted into the

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at the

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. In 1995, she was inducted into the

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. In 1997, she was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame. She ranked No. 34 on '' CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music'' in 2002. Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, a daughter of Roy Rogers and step-daughter of Evans, co-authored ''Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans'' with Frank Thompson. In her exhibit at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Evans is quoted as follows:

'Cowgirl' is an attitude really. A pioneer spirit, a special American brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head-on, lives by her own lights, and makes no excuses. Cowgirls take stands; they speak up. They defend things they hold dear.

In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the

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was dedicated to her and Roy Rogers.Palm Springs Walk of Stars
(by date of dedication); accessed May 16, 2014.

Selected filmography

* ''

Orchestra Wives ''Orchestra Wives'' is a 1942 American musical film by 20th Century Fox starring Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, and Glenn Miller. The film was the second (and last) film to feature The Glenn Miller Orchestra, and is notable among the many sw ...

'' (1942) * '' Girl Trouble'' (1942) * ''

Swing Your Partner ''Swing Your Partner'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars Myrtle Wiseman, Scotty Wiseman, Barbara Jo Allen, Dale Evans, Ransom M. Sherman and Harry Ch ...

'' (1943) * '' The West Side Kid'' (1943) * ''

Hoosier Holiday ''Hoosier Holiday'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald (director), Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars George D. Hay, Isabel Randolph, Shug Fisher, Lillian Randolph, Dale Evan ...

'' (1943) * ''

Here Comes Elmer ''Here Comes Elmer'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Stanley Davis and Jack Townley. The film stars Al Pearce, Dale Evans, Frank Albertson, Gloria Stuart, Wally Vernon and Nick Cockrane. The film was relea ...

'' (1943) * ''

In Old Oklahoma ''In Old Oklahoma'' (reissued as ''War of the Wildcats'') is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell starring John Wayne and Martha Scott. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Music Score of a Dramatic or C ...

'' (1943) * ''

Casanova in Burlesque ''Casanova in Burlesque'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Frank Gill Jr.. The film stars Joe E. Brown, June Havoc, Dale Evans, Marjorie Gateson, Lucien Littlefield and Ian Keith. The film was released o ...

'' (1944) * '' Cowboy and the Senorita'' (1944) * '' The Yellow Rose of Texas'' (1944) * ''

Song of Nevada ''Song of Nevada'' is a 1944 American musical Western film directed by Joseph Kane, and starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Plot Rancher John Barrabee is upset his daughter doesn't want to stay in the West; instead, she is a New York City nigh ...

'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''

Lights of Old Santa Fe ''Lights of Old Santa Fe'' is a 1944 American Western Musical film directed by Frank McDonald with a screenplay by Gordon Kahn and Bob Williams. The film stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Plot A rodeo owner struggles to make her show a succes ...

'' (1944) * ''

The Big Show-Off ''The Big Show-Off'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and distributed by Republic Pictures. It teams Arthur Lake before his return to the '' Blondie'' film series and Dale Evans, most frequently seen with her husban ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

Bells of Rosarita '' Bells of Rosarita '' is a 1945 American musical Western film starring Roy Rogers and directed by Frank McDonald. Plot Cowboy balladeer Roy Rogers meets Sue Farnum (Dale Evans), a girl returning from back East, who is cheated out of her inhe ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Man from Oklahoma '' The Man from Oklahoma '' is a 1945 American western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George 'Gabby' Hayes. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.Hurst p.232 Plot Jim Gardner, hoping to ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' Along the Navajo Trail'' (1945) * ''

Sunset in El Dorado '' Sunset in El Dorado '' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers. Cast * Roy Rogers as Himself * Trigger as Roy's horse * Dale Evans as Lucille Wiley/Kansas Kate * George 'Gabby' Hayes as Gabb ...

'' (1945) * '' Don't Fence Me In'' (1945) * ''

Song of Arizona ''Song of Arizona'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George "Gabby" Hayes. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. Plot Gabby Whittaker ("Gabby" Hayes) is in trou ...

'' (1946) * ''

Rainbow Over Texas ''Rainbow Over Texas'' is a 1946 American Western (genre), Western film in which Roy Rogers plays himself as a famous cowboy-singer returning to Texas. Directed by Frank McDonald (director), Frank McDonald from a story by Max Brand, it co-stars ...

'' (1946) * ''

My Pal Trigger ''My Pal Trigger'' is a 1946 American Western musical film directed by Frank McDonald. The screenplay by Jack Townley and John K. Butler was based upon a story by Paul Gangelin. The film stars Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George “Gabby” Hayes, ...

'' (1946) * ''

Under Nevada Skies '' Under Nevada Skies '' is a 1946 American western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George 'Gabby' Hayes. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. Cast * Roy Rogers as himself * Trigger ...

'' (1946) * ''

Roll on Texas Moon '' Roll on Texas Moon '' is a 1946 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers. Cast * Roy Rogers as Himself * Trigger as Roy's Horse (The Smartest Horse in the Movies) * George 'Gabby' Hayes as Gabby Whittaker * D ...

'' (1946) * ''

Out California Way ''Out California Way'' is a 1946 American Western musical film directed by Lesley Selander for Republic Pictures. It starred Monte Hale, Lorna Gray (billed as Adrian Booth) and Robert Blake. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans made cameo appearances. T ...

'' (1946) * ''

Heldorado '' Heldorado '' is a 1946 American Western film starring Roy Rogers set during the annual Helldorado Days celebrations in Las Vegas. It was the last teaming of Roy and comedy relief sidekick Gabby Hayes. Hayes shares a scene with Pat Brady w ...

'' (1946) * ''

Apache Rose ''Apache Rose'' is a 1947 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers. It was the first Roy Rogers Western shot in the process though most copies on DVD are in monochrome. Plot When oil is discovered on a ...

'' (1947) * ''

Bells of San Angelo '' Bells of San Angelo '' is a 1947 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers. The first Roy Rogers film shot in Trucolor, this modern day Western mixes half a dozen songs with mystery, international smu ...

'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1947) * '' Slippy McGee'' (1948) * '' Susanna Pass'' (1949) * ''

Down Dakota Way '' Down Dakota Way '' is a 1949 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney starring Roy Rogers. Plot Roy Rogers is called in to investigate after the murder of a veterinarian by a rancher named McKenzie (Roy Barcroft) who is ill ...

'' (1949) * '' The Golden Stallion'' (1949) * ''

Bells of Coronado ''Bells of Coronado'' is a 1950 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney starring Roy Rogers, Trigger the horse, and Dale Evans. Plot The owner of the El Coronado Mine is ambushed on the road into town by thieves, who steal a ...

'' (1950) * ''

Twilight in the Sierras '' Twilight in the Sierras '' is a 1950 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger (billed in the film's opening credits as the "Smartest Horse in the Movies"), along with Dale Evans, ...

'' (1950) * '' Trigger, Jr. (1950) * '' South of Caliente'' (1951) * ''

Pals of the Golden West '' Pals of the Golden West '' is a 1951 American Western film starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Pinky Lee Pincus Leff (May 2, 1907 – April 3, 1993), better known as Pinky Lee, was an American burlesque comic and host of the children's t ...

'' (1951)

Notes

References

External links

Dale Evans Movie

Dale Evans Production

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