Evelyn Cavanaugh was an American actress, singer, and dancer in Broadway musical comedies in the 1910s and 1920s.

She attended the boarding school at Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.[1] Cavanaugh's Broadway credits[2][3] included roles in His Little Widows (1917), The Kiss Burglar (1918), My Golden Girl (1920),[4] Love Birds (1921),[5][6] Kissing Time (1921), Dew Drop Inn (1923),[7][8] In the Moonlight (1923),[9] Wildflower (1923-1924), and The Girl Friend (1926).

[10] She also toured in a vaudeville act with dance partner James Doyle.

"Evelyn Cavanaugh and Richard Dore made a handsome couple and both their dances went big with the audience," reported Variety in 1919.

"Miss Cavanaugh's singing showed a good voice, her personality adding a good deal to the performance.