In 1928, while attending Seattle's Blessed Sacrament High School, Evie was already acting, taking a part as the artist in the Senior Play, "The Ninth Promise.

[1] She was the leading lady for Will Mahoney, in his tour of the United Kingdom and Europe and sang for the BBC and appeared in cabaret and made her own recordings.

They appeared in the film Come Up Smiling (1939), managed the Cremorne Theatre in Brisbane, presenting everything from revues, pantomimes and musicals and entertained the American and Australasian troops and raising funds for the war effort.

On television since its inception, she appeared as a compere, singer, comedian and a commercial presenter on the Graham Kennedy show IMT.

She also opened her own talent school, and acted in productions of Mata Hari, The Flame of Istanbul, Funny Girl, Kiss Me, Kate, a revival of Oklahoma!