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Evans Evans (born November 26, 1936) is an American actress who played the character Velma Davis in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde .

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Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, Evans has 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 S1 E4 "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.

Personal life

Evans married director John Frankenheimer on December 13, 1963, and they remained married until his death on July 6, 2002.

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

Partial filmography

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