Evelyn Boucher

{{Short description|British actress (1892–1991)}}

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| name = Evelyn Boucher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1892|3|15}}

| birth_place = Steyning, West Sussex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1991|6|5|1892|3|15}}

| death_place = Costa Mesa, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Film actor

| yearsactive = 1915–1923

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Evelyn May Boucher (15 March 1892 – 5 June 1991) was a British film actress who had a number of leading roles in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s appearing in films such as Tom Brown's Schooldays and The Man Who Bought London made at Catford Studios.Warren p.21 She frequently worked with her husband the director Floyd Martin Thornton.

She was born at Steyning in West Sussex in 1892, the daughter of Edward James Boucher (1850–1933) and Susannah née Parris (1855–1933).1901 England Census for Evelyn M Boucher In 1915 she married the American writer and director Floyd Martin Thornton at Steyning.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Evelyn M Boucher 1915 They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E. Martin (1916–2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921–1994). In 1925 she, her husband and her sons left the UK for America,USA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family where they all remained for the rest of their lives.

She died in 1991 aged 99 at Costa Mesa in Orange County, California.U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 - Evelyn May Martin

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
  • Warren, Patricia. British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. Batsford, 2001.