Evans Evans

Evans Evans (November 26, 1932 – June 16, 2024) was an American actress who played the character Velma Davis in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.

Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, Evans appeared in more than 25 feature film and television projects, including the 1961 Twilight Zone episode "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", the 1961 Gunsmoke episode “Harpe’s Blood”, the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Big Score", and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "I Saw the Whole Thing", as Penny Sanford (1962).

Evans appeared as Flirt Conroy in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway in 1957, working with Teresa Wright, Pat Hingle and Sandy Dennis.

Evans was cast in an uncredited role in her husband's 1966 film Grand Prix.

Personal life and death
Evans married director John Frankenheimer on December 13, 1963, and they remained married until his death on July 6, 2002. Evans died on June 16, 2024, at the age of 91.

Partial filmography

 * Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 22: "The Big Score") as Dora
 * The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 4: "I Saw the Whole Thing") as Penny Sanford
 * All Fall Down (1962) as Hedy
 * Grand Prix (1966) as Mrs. Randolph (uncredited)
 * Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Velma Davis
 * Story of a Love Story (1973) as Elizabeth
 * The Iceman Cometh (1973) as Cora
 * Prophecy (1979) as Cellist
 * Dead Bang (1989) as Mrs. Gebhardt
 * Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994) as The Quiet Librarian