Evans Evans died at age 91 as her obituary notes that she passed on June 16, 2024 with no details on a cause of death.
She's leaving behind a Hollywood legacy for her role in Bonnie and Clyde where she played a kidnap victim, Velma Davis. Evans was the wife of late director John Frankenheimer, tying the knot on Dec. 13, 1963. She played an uncredited role in his film, Grand Prix, and in another one of his movies, Dead Bang. The director died on July 6, 2002.
The actress was originally from West Virginia; born November 26, 1932. Her career started off with roles on television, including The Donna Reed Show, Wagon Train, Death Valley Days, Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Evans was married to John FrankenheimerHer talents extended off-screen, too, as she made a splash on Broadway. She played Flirt Conroy in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs in 1957.
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A fan on Facebook wrote: "RIP - met her at the USA Film Festival the year of our Frankenheimer tribute, she was lovely (and quite amused when I told her that my Vandy film professor Bob Baldwin told us that he had once dated her)."
The fan coyly explained that her response to his comment led them "to wonder if [her relationship with Bob Baldwin] had happened more than once."
Evans played alongside Gene Wilder in Bonnie and Clyde. In the movie, the pair were kissing when they noticed people attempting to steal Eugene's car. The two run at them in an effort to fend them off.
However, their plan goes sour and just as their about to back-off, they're kidnapped by Bonnie, Clyde, and the Barrow Gang. While at first tensions are high, they end up all laughing and carrying on while driving around.
As laughter and carefree attitudes take over the group, they don't last forever. Eugene reveals that he is an under-taker, a career that doesn't sit right with Bonnie who is obsessed with Death. The criminal insists the couple be kicked out of the car which strands them on the side of the road.
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