Evans and 11 other actresses (out of 300) won a two-day beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures in March, 1932. The celebrity judges were actress Carole Lombard, costume designer Travis Banton and director William C. de Mille.
Lovely, innocent-eyed blonde American leading lady best known for her "prairie flower" roles opposite such sagebrush stars as William Boyd ("Hopalong Cassidy"), Buck Jones and an early John Wayne in a host of minor '30s westerns.
She was Charley Chase's favorite leading lady, and appeared with him in many of his best shorts.