Evelyn Venable

Evelyn Venable

American actress (1913–1993)

Evelyn Venable was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, she was also the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940). She is one of a number of women who have been suggested to have served as the model for the personification of Columbia in the Columbia Pictures logo that was used from 1928 to 1936.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 11 films (1933–1942) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1933 CRADLE SONG. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1934 DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY. Paramount Productions Inc. 9 reels B&W
1934 THE DOUBLE DOOR. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels
1935 Alice Adams. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 11 reels. 16mm B&W sound
1935 HARMONY LANE. Mascot Pictures Corp 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1935 THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. Fox Film Corp 80 min B&W
1935 Vagabond Lady Sam Taylor
1936 STAR FOR A NIGHT. Fox Film Corp 76 min B&W
1937 RACKETEERS IN EXILE. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1940 Pinocchio. T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney 10 reels
1942 He Hired The Boss. Thomas Loring 6 533 ft.