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October 31, 1912

February 7, 2001(2001-02-07)

Lucille Wood Smith

Thomas Frederick Fox (1927–1929)

August Wayne Johns (1929–1935)

R. Dale Butts (1937–1946)

Roy Rogers (1947–1998)

Actress:

"A Date with Dale" (1996) TV series

The Mickie Finns Finally Present How the West Was Lost (1975) (TV) Narrator

"The Red Skelton Hour" (1 episode, 1968)

"Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1959)

"The Roy Rogers Show" (100 episodes, 1951-1957)

Tournament of Roses (1954)

Pals of the Golden West (1951)

South of Caliente (1951)

Trigger, Jr. (1950)

Twilight in the Sierras (1950)

Bells of Coronado (1950)

The Golden Stallion (1949)

Down Dakota Way (1949)

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949)

Susanna Pass (1949)

Slippy McGee (1948)

The Trespasser (1947)

Bells of San Angelo (1947)

Apache Rose (1947)

Heldorado (1946)

Home in Oklahoma (1946)

Roll on Texas Moon (1946)

Under Nevada Skies (1946)

My Pal Trigger (1946)

Rainbow Over Texas (1946)

Song of Arizona (1946)

Don't Fence Me In (1945)

Sunset in El Dorado (1945)

Along the Navajo Trail (1945)

Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)

Man from Oklahoma (1945)

Bells of Rosarita (1945)

Utah (1945)

The Big Show-Off (1945)

Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)

San Fernando Valley (1944)

Song of Nevada (1944)

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)

Casanova in Burlesque (1944)

In Old Oklahoma (1943)

Here Comes Elmer (1943)

Hoosier Holiday (1943)

West Side Kid (1943)

Swing Your Partner (1943)

Girl Trouble (1942)

Orchestra Wives (1942) (uncredited)

As Herself:

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992)

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992) (TV)

The Republic Pictures Story (1991) (TV)

The 61st Annual Academy Awards 1989 (TV)

"Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (1 episode, 1978)

Mickey's 50 (1978)

Good Morning America (1 episode, 1978)

"Over Easy" (1 episode, 1978)

"The Muppet Show" (1 episode, 1978)

"The Mike Douglas Show" (3 episodes, 1970-1977)

Saga of Sonora (1973) (TV)

"Stand Up and Cheer" (1 episode, 1972)

Hee Haw (2 episodes, 1970-1971)

The Ed Sullivan Show (3 episodes, 1952-1970)

"The David Frost Show" (1 episode, 1970)

"The Hollywood Palace" (8 episodes, 1964-1970)

"Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters" (1 episode, 1969)

"The Andy Williams Show" (1 episode, 1969)

Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music (1969) (uncredited)

"The Red Skelton Hour" (1 episode, 1969)

"The Kraft Music Hall" (2 episodes, 1968)

"The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1967)

"The Andy Williams Show" (4 episodes, 1963-1966)

"The Bell Telephone Hour" (2 episodes, 1961-1965)

"The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" (10 episodes, 1962)

"The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (16 episodes, 1956-1961)

"Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall" (1 episode, 1957)

"What's My Line?" (1 episode, 1954)

"This Is Your Life" (1 episode, 1953)

Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (1952)

"The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1951)

Out California Way (1946)

Golden Apple Awards

1953 Won Golden Apple Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Boot Awards

2000 Won Founder's Award

1983 Won Golden Boot

Walk of Fame

Star on the Walk of Fame Television At 1735 Vine Street

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Dale "Queen of the Cowgirls" Evans eloped with her high-school sweetheart to marry at the age of fourteen; she was divorced and a mother by the age of seventeen. She entered show business as a vocalist, singing with big bands such as the Anson Weeks Orchestra, before going solo as a radio station singer. Two marriages later, she arrived in Hollywood, and after minor roles, including an appearance with John Wayne in In Old Oklahoma (1943), she was cast opposite singing Western star Roy Rogers in Cowboy and the Senorita (1944). This proved the start of a long and successful partnership. A charming brunette with a melodious singing voice, Evans married Rogers in 1947. They acted and sang together in more than a score of films, and then on TV in The Roy Rogers Show (1951-1957). Evans was the composer of the couple's theme song, "Happy Trails," with which they closed the show each week.

Among their more successful pictures were The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944), Don't Fence Me In (1945), and Twilight in the Sierras (1950), with Evans usually riding her buckskin horse, Buttermilk. Their last appearance together on film was in Pals of the Golden West (1951). For many, the couple were the embodiment of the American dream, but their personal life was marred by tragedy, three of their children dying young. They became born-again Christians and opened a museum dedicated to their achievements, initially based in California and then relocated to Missouri. In the 1970s, Evans recorded several solo albums of religious music in the gospel vein, and the 1990s saw her host her own religious TV program, A Date with Dale (1996). She also wrote many books on her life and spiritual development through adversity, including the best seller Angel Unaware (1953).

Her horse's name was Buttermilk. Wrote the song, "Happy Trails", which became her and Roy Rogers' theme song.

Hospitalised in October 1999 with heart problems.

12 October 1999 - Underwent heart surgery to replace a pacemaker battery

Wrote the spiritual, "The Bible Tells Me So.".