# Eve Southern
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{{Short description|American actress (1900–1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eve Southern
| image = Eve Southern - Indigo Blue.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Southern in ''[Screenland](/source/Screenland)'', February 1930
| birth_name = Elva L. McDowell
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|08|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [Ranger, Texas](/source/Ranger%2C_Texas), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|11|29|1900|08|23|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California), U.S.
| resting_place = [Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery](/source/Valhalla_Memorial_Park_Cemetery)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1916–1936
| spouse = {{marriage|Robert F. Shepherd|1925|1928|reason=divorced}}
}}
'''Eve Southern''' (born '''Elva L. McDowell'''; August 23, 1900 – November 29, 1972){{sfn|Wilson|2016|p=704}} was an American film actress. She appeared in 38 films from 1916 to 1936. In 1930 she was selected by portrait artist [Rolf Armstrong](/source/Rolf_Armstrong) as one of the film industry's 16 "screen beauties".[{{cite journal |last=Armstrong |first=Rolf |date=January 1930 |title=What is Beauty? |url=https://archive.org/stream/screenland20unse#page/n407/mode/2up |journal=[Screenland](/source/Screenland) |location=New York City |publisher=Screenland Magazine, Inc. |access-date=October 20, 2015 }}]
==Early years==
Southern studied music in [Fort Worth, Texas](/source/Fort_Worth%2C_Texas), with her voice covering three [octaves](/source/Octave), "the lowest tones of the [contralto](/source/contralto) as well as the [high C](/source/C_(musical_note)) of the [soprano](/source/soprano)."[{{cite news |title=Fort Worth girl musician making good in California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71312776/eve-southern/ |access-date=February 17, 2021 |work=Fort Worth Record-Telegram |date=December 3, 1916 |page=27|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}] However, she was also interested in acting in films.[
==Career==
Southern moved from Fort Worth to Hollywood and began working in films when she was 13 years old, but many of her parts were removed in editing.][{{cite news |title=Eve wins out after ten years of ill luck |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71311923/eve-southern/ |access-date=February 17, 2021 |work=Times Colonist |date=November 3, 1927 |location=Canada, British Columbia, Victoria |page=7|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}]
After appearing in several films in the late 1910s and 1920s, Southern suffered an automobile accident in June 1929 that left her badly injured.{{sfn|Wilson|2016|p=704}} It was reported in July that year that she had "been in a plaster cast for weeks."[{{cite magazine|magazine=[Photoplay](/source/Photoplay)|title=As We Go to Press|url=https://archive.org/stream/photoplay3637movi#page/n9|via=Internet Archive|page=6|date=July 1929|issn=0732-538X}}] In 1932, she broke her back, after which she appeared in several roles before retiring from film.{{sfn|Wilson|2016|p=704}}
==Death==
Southern died in Santa Monica, California, on November 29, 1972, after a battle with [Parkinson's disease](/source/Parkinson's_disease).{{sfn|Wilson|2016|p=704}} She is interred at [Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery](/source/Valhalla_Memorial_Park_Cemetery) in North Hollywood, California.{{sfn|Wilson|2016|p=704}}
==Selected filmography==
*''[Intolerance](/source/Intolerance_(film))'' (1916)
*''Conscience'' (1917)
*''[Broadway Love](/source/Broadway_Love)'' (1918)
*''[Greater Than Love](/source/Greater_Than_Love)'' (1921)
*''[After the Show](/source/After_the_Show_(film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Rage of Paris](/source/The_Rage_of_Paris_(1921_film))'' (1921)
*''[The Golden Gallows](/source/The_Golden_Gallows)'' (1922)
*''[Nice People](/source/Nice_People_(film))'' (1922)
* ''[The Girl in His Room](/source/The_Girl_in_His_Room)'' (1922)
*''[Souls for Sale](/source/Souls_for_Sale)'' (1923)
* ''[Burning Words](/source/Burning_Words)'' (1923)
*''[Trimmed in Scarlet](/source/Trimmed_in_Scarlet)'' (1923)
* ''[The Chorus Lady](/source/The_Chorus_Lady_(1924_film))'' (1924)
*''[The Dangerous Blonde](/source/The_Dangerous_Blonde)'' (1924)
*''[Morals for Men](/source/Morals_for_Men)'' (1925)
*''[A Woman of the Sea](/source/A_Woman_of_the_Sea)'' (1926)
*''[With Love and Hisses](/source/With_Love_and_Hisses)'' (1927)
*''[Wild Geese](/source/Wild_Geese_(film))'' (1927)
*''[The Gaucho](/source/The_Gaucho)'' (1927)
*''[Clothes Make the Woman](/source/Clothes_Make_the_Woman)'' (1928)
* ''[The Naughty Duchess](/source/The_Naughty_Duchess)'' (1928)
* ''[Stormy Waters](/source/Stormy_Waters_(1928_film))'' (1928)
*''[The Haunted House](/source/The_Haunted_House_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[Whispering Winds](/source/Whispering_Winds_(film))'' (1929)
*''[Morocco](/source/Morocco_(1930_film))'' (1930)
*''[Lilies of the Field](/source/Lilies_of_the_Field_(1930_film))'' (1930)
*''[Fighting Caravans](/source/Fighting_Caravans)'' (1931)
*''[Law of the Sea](/source/Law_of_the_Sea_(film))'' (1932)
*''[The Ghost Walks](/source/The_Ghost_Walks)'' (1934)
*''Stage Frights'' (1935)
*''[The King Steps Out](/source/The_King_Steps_Out)'' (1936)
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | author=Michael G. Ankerich | author-link=Michael G. Ankerich | title=Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen| publisher=BearManor | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-59393-605-1}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Works cited==
*{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|year=2016|edition=Third|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|isbn= 978-1-476-62599-7|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Eve Southern}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0816123}}
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Category:1900 births
Category:1972 deaths
Category:Actresses from Texas
Category:American film actresses
Category:American silent film actresses
Category:People from Ranger, Texas
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in California
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