Evelyn Campbell (actress)

Evelyn Campbell was the stage name of Helen Petrie, born in Liverpool, England, in 1865.

Coming to the United States when she was quite young, the family settled in New York City, where Campbell entered the Lyceum School for Dramatic Expression, under the charge of L. D. Sargent.

After leaving the Lyceum School, Campbell was with a traveling company for two years.

[4] Campbell earned a reputation for a conscientious and natural portrayal of the characters she represented.

[1] In her private life she was the close friend and confidante of Alice Muriel Williamson who in her autobiography "The Inky Way" reveals that Campbell, after retiring from the stage in 1894, began a liaison with author Samuel Rutherford Crockett with whom she cohabited in southern France during winter months from before 1900 until the latter's death in 1914—a liaison enabled by Crockett's need for warmer climes owing to his health.