Dale Evans (born Lucille Wood Smith ; October 31, 1912 - February 7, 2001) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. He is the third wife who sang cowboy Roy Rogers.
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Dale Evans was born Lucille Wood Smith on October 31, 1912 in Uvalde, Texas, daughter of T. Hillman Smith and Bettie Sue Wood. He had a tumultuous early life. His name was changed to Frances Octavia Smith when he was a baby. He spent a lot of time living with his uncle, Dr. L.D. Massey, general practitioner, in Osceola, Arkansas. At the age of 14, he eloped and married Thomas F. Fox, with whom he had one son, Thomas F. Fox, Jr., when he was 15 years old. A year later, abandoned by her husband, she finds herself in Memphis, Tennessee. , single parent, pursuing a career in music. He got a job with local radio stations (WMC and WREC), singing and playing piano. Divorced in 1929, he took the name Dale Evans in the early 1930s to promote his singing career.
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Initial career
After starting his career singing on the radio station where he was hired as secretary, Evans had a productive career as a jazz, swing, and big band singer who produced screen tests and contracts with 20th Century Fox studios. She got exposure on radio as a lead singer for a time at Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy's show.
During this early period, Evans experienced two failed marriages, the first being in August Wayne Johns from 1929 to 1935. In 1937, he married his third husband, accompanist and regulator Robert Dale Butts; they divorced nine years later. Both marriages do not produce children. During his time at 20th Century Fox, the studio promoted him as an unmarried supporter of the teenage "tommy" (actually his son Tom Fox, Jr.). This fraud continued through his divorce from Butts in 1946 and his development as a co-star cowgirl for Roy Rogers at Republic Studios.
Shared effort
Evans married Roy Rogers on New Year's Eve 1947 at Flying L Ranch in Davis, Oklahoma, where they previously filmed the film Home in Oklahoma. Art and Mary Jo Rush are the best men and honors. The marriage was Rogers' third and Evans's fourth but it worked; both were on-and off-screen teams from 1946 until Rogers' death in 1998. Shortly after the wedding, Evans ended the scam about his son, Tommy. Roy has a foster child, Cheryl, and two biological sons, Linda and Roy (Dusty) Jr., from their second marriage. Together they have one child, Robin Elizabeth, who died of complications of Down's syndrome just before her second birthday. His life inspired Evans to write his best-selling book The Angel of Not Knowing . Evans is very influential in changing the public perception of children with developmental disabilities and become role models for many parents. After he wrote Angel Unaware, a group later known as "Oklahoma County Council for Mentally Retarded Children" adopted a better known name called Dale Rogers Training Center in his honor. Evans went on to write a number of religious and inspiring books. Roy and Dale appear many times with Billy Graham at crusades across the country, singing gospel songs and giving their testimonies.
Evans and Rogers adopted four other children: Mimi, Dodie, Sandy, and Debbie.
From 1951-57, Evans and Rogers starred in the highly successful television series The Roy Rogers Show, where they continued the role of their cowboy and cowgirl, with him riding his buckskin horse, Buttermilk. Alice Van-Springsteen served as a double for Evans and Gail Davis, the actress who starred in the syndicated series of Annie Oakley, often performing tasks such as giving tips on carts and jumping into the railroad tracks. In addition to his successful TV show, more than 30 movies and about 200 songs, Evans wrote the famous song "Happy Trails". In subsequent episodes of the program, he spoke frankly in his Christianity, telling people that God will help them with their problems and begging adults and children to turn to him for guidance. In late 1962, the couple hosted a various western-comedy programs, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show , which aired on ABC. It was canceled after three months, losing in rank to the first season of The Jackie Gleason Show .
In 1964, Evans spoke at a "Prayer Project" meeting attended by 2,500 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The meeting, hosted by actor Anthony Eisley, star of the ABC Hawaiian Eye series, attempted to flood the United States Congress with letters to support school prayer, following two decisions in 1962 and 1963 from United. To declare the Supreme Court following up the practice as contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution Clause.
Joining Evans and Eisley at the Project Prayer meeting are Walter Brennan, Lloyd Nolan, Rhonda Fleming, Pat Boone, and Gloria Swanson. Evans stated, "It is time for all Americans to stand up to be counted, Let our children learn about God and be free." Eisely and Fleming add that Rogers, John Wayne, Ronald W. Reagan, Mary Pickford, Jane Russell, Ginger Rogers, and Pat Buttram will attend the rally if their schedule is allowed. In the 1970s, Evans recorded several solo albums of religious music. During the 1980s, the couple introduced their films every week on The Nashville Network. In the 1990s, Evans hosted his own religious television program.
Death
Evans died of congestive heart failure on February 7, 2001, at age 88, at Apple Valley, California. She is buried at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Apple Valley, next to Rogers.
Legacy
For his contribution to the radio, Dale Evans has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6638 Hollywood Blvd. He received the second star in 1737 Vine St. for his contribution to the television industry. In 1976, he was inducted into the Western Performing Hall of Fame at National Cowboy & amp; Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1995, he was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1997, he was inducted into Texas Trail of Fame. He ranked No. 34 on CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music in 2002.
Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, the daughter of Roy Rogers and stepson of Evans, co-authored the Cowboy Princess: Living with My Parents, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with Frank Thompson.
In his exhibits at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Dale Evans is quoted as follows:
'Cowgirl' is a really attitude. Pioneer spirit, America's special brand of courage. Cowgirl faces life directly, lives by his own lights, and makes no excuses. Cowgirls stood up; they speak. They defend the things they care about.
In 2001, Golden Palm Star on Palm Springs Walk of Stars dedicated to him and Roy Rogers.
Selected filmography
Footnote
References
- Zwisohn, Laurence. (1998). "Dale Evans". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.Ã, 166-7.
Further reading
- White, Ray. King of Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (University of Wisconsin Press).
- Rogers, Roy, and Evans, Dale, with Jane and Michael Stern. Happy Trails: Our Life Story (Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Maine).
External links
- Dale Evans Movie
- Dale Evans Production
- Dale Evans - Quote
- Dale Evans Memorial
- Dale Evans on IMDb
- Dale Evans in the Search of the Mausoleum
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