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Evelyn Purcell

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
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Evelyn Purcell is known for Woman Undone (1996), Heatstroke (2013) and American Playhouse (1980).
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    Known for

    Sam Elliott, Mary McDonnell, and Randy Quaid in Woman Undone (1996)
    Woman Undone
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1996
    Stephen Dorff, Svetlana Metkina, and Maisie Williams in Heatstroke (2013)
    Heatstroke
    4.8
    • Director(as Evelyn Maude Purcell)
    • 2013
    American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    The Hot Box (1972)
    The Hot Box
    4.7
    • Producer
    • 1972

    Credits

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    Director

    • Mother's Day
      • Director (attached)
      • In Development
    • Stephen Dorff, Svetlana Metkina, and Maisie Williams in Heatstroke (2013)
      Heatstroke
      4.8
      • Director (as Evelyn Maude Purcell)
      • 2013
    • Borderline (2002)
      Borderline
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Evelyn Maude Purcell)
      • 2002
    • Sam Elliott, Mary McDonnell, and Randy Quaid in Woman Undone (1996)
      Woman Undone
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1996
    • American Playhouse (1980)
      American Playhouse
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1989
    • Nobody's Fool (1986)
      Nobody's Fool
      5.4
      • Director
      • 1986
    • Rush
      4.6
      • Director
      • 1980

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, and Fred Ward in Swing Shift (1984)
      Swing Shift
      5.9
      • second unit director
      • 1984
    • Melvin and Howard (1980)
      Melvin and Howard
      6.8
      • second unit director
      • 1980
    • Last Embrace (1979)
      Last Embrace
      6.0
      • second unit director (as Evelyn Purcell Demme)
      • 1979
    • Peter Fonda and Kathleen Miller in Fighting Mad (1976)
      Fighting Mad
      5.8
      • second unit director
      • 1976
    • Cloris Leachman, Linda Purl, and Stuart Whitman in Crazy Mama (1975)
      Crazy Mama
      5.4
      • second unit director
      • 1975

    Producer

    • Sam Elliott, Mary McDonnell, and Randy Quaid in Woman Undone (1996)
      Woman Undone
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 1996
    • Peter Fonda and Kathleen Miller in Fighting Mad (1976)
      Fighting Mad
      5.8
      • co-producer
      • 1976
    • Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, and Cheryl Smith in Caged Heat (1974)
      Caged Heat
      5.3
      • producer
      • 1974
    • The Hot Box (1972)
      The Hot Box
      4.7
      • associate producer
      • 1972
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Evelyn Purcell Demme
    • Spouse
      • Jonathan Demme(divorced)

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      Ex-stepmother of Jos Demme.

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