Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit (born Florence Evelyn Nesbit; December 25, 1884 or 1885 – January 17, 1967) was an American artists' model, chorus girl, and actress. She is best known for her career in New York City, particularly her involvement in an abusive and ultimately deadly love triangle between railroad scion Harry Kendall Thaw and architect Stanford White, which resulted in White's murder by Thaw in 1906.
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| Full name at birth | Florence Evelyn Nesbit
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| Claim to fame | The Girl on the Velvet Swing
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| Date of birth | 25 December 1884
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| Place of birth | Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Date of death | 17 January 1967
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| Age | 82 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Santa Monica, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Natural Causes
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| Occupation | Actress, screen performer, and model
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| Height | 5' 3½" (161 cm)
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| Weight | 106 lbs (48 kg)
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| Distinctive feature | Gibson Girl look
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| Shoe size | 6.5
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- Portrayed by Joan Collins in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955).
- Son, with Thaw, Russell Thaw.
- Her father, Winfield Scott Nesbit, was a lawyer who died when Evelyn was eight, leaving the family destitute and plagued by debt for years until her modeling jobs got them back on their feet.
- Portrayed by Elizabeth McGovern in Ragtime (1981).
- Began her modeling career at 15.
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