Deceased

How Did Evelyn Preer Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 36

GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn26/07/1896Born inVicksburg, Mississippi, USADied01/11/1932 (aged 36)Died inLos AngelesCausepneumoniaWikidataQ5416410 ↗Buried atCrown Hill CemeteryTMDb#249488 ↗

Evelyn Preer, was an African American pioneering screen and stage actress, and jazz and blues singer in Hollywood during the late-1910s through the early 1930s. Preer was known within the Black community as "The First Lady of the Screen."

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Filmography15 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1932	Blonde VenusMovie	(uncredited)	36
1931	Ladies of the Big HouseMovie	Inmate	35
1930	Georgia RoseMovie	Grace	34
1929	Melancholy MamaMovie	Jonquil Williams	33
1929	Brown GravyMovie	—	33
1929	The Widow's BiteMovie	—	33
1929	The Framing of the ShrewMovie	Clarry Robson	33
1927	The Spider's WebMovie	Norma Shepard	31
1925	The Devil's DiscipleMovie	—	29
1924	BirthrightMovie	Cissie Deldine	28
1923	DeceitMovie	Doris Rutledge/Evelyn Bently	27
1921	The Gunsaulus MysteryMovie	Ida May Gilpin	25
1920	The BruteMovie	Mildred Carrison	24
1920	Within Our GatesMovie	Sylvia Landry	24
1919	The HomesteaderMovie	Orlean	23