Facts:   - death place: new york city , new york , u.s.    - caption: judith -rrb- evelyn in '' rear window '' -lrb- 1954    - death cause: cancer    - yearsactive: 1941 -- 62    - death date: 07 may 1967      - birth date: 20 march 1909    - name: judith evelyn    - birthname: evelyn morris    - image: rear window judith evelyn.jpg    - birth place: seneca , south dakota , u.s.    - occupation: actress   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of judith evelyn .
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judith evelyn -lrb- march 20 , 1909 -- may 7 , 1967 -rrb- was an american stage and film actress who appeared in as many as fifty films and television series .she was born evelyn morris in seneca , south dakota .evelyn appeared on broadway in the following plays : `` the shrike '' as `` ann downs '' -lrb- january 15 , 1952 -- may 31 , 1952 -rrb- `` craig 's wife '' -lrb- february 12 , 1947 -- april 12 , 1947 -rrb- -lrb- revival -rrb- `` the rich full life '' -lrb- november 9 , 1945 -- december 1 , 1945 -rrb- `` angel street '' as `` bella manningham '' -lrb- december 5 , 1941 -- december 30 , 1944 -rrb- all of the four plays were made into films , but evelyn did not appear in any of them .she did appear in other films , probably most memorably as `` miss lonelyhearts '' , the lonely alcoholic spied on by james stewart in alfred hitchcock 's `` rear window '' .in 1956 , evelyn played the role of nancy lynnton in george stevens ' `` giant '' .she also had a brief but strong performance as queen mother taia in michael curtiz 's `` the egyptian '' , and was featured with vincent price in `` the tingler '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- .on september 3 , 1939 , she and her fiancé , canadian radio producer andrew allan , survived the sinking of the anchor-donaldson liner `` ss athenia '' .the `` athenia '' was the first british passenger liner to be sunk by a german submarine in world war ii .