Trivia

As a child, she was the model for the Fairy Soap brand.

On the New York stage she appeared in 'Daisy Mayme' (1926), 'Our Betters' (1928), 'Philip Goes Forth' (1931), 'Here Come the Clowns' (1938) and 'The Patriots' (1943); all of which were written by her husband.

Husband Sidney Kingsley, a playwright, is best known for his plays "Dead End" and "Detective Story".

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine Street.

She was friends with: Jean Harlow, Robert E. Sherwood, Joshua Logan, Martha Graham, and Richard Barthelmess.

Was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

Co-starred with Robert Montgomery in five films: Lovers Courageous (1932), Hell Below (1933), Made on Broadway (1933), Fugitive Lovers (1934) and Piccadilly Jim (1936).

Eudora Welty references in one of her stories,a Madge Evans hat that was popular at least in the South in the 1920s, that the actress had worn as a child: broad brimmed, with streamers hanging down the back as far as the waist.

Co-starred with Robert Young in four films: Hell Below (1933), Paris Interlude (1934), Death on the Diamond (1934), and Calm Yourself (1935).

She and husband Sidney Kingsley were married in a "midnight elopement" in York, Maine. Evans was appearing in "Brief Moment" at the nearby Ogunquit Playhouse and didn't even change out of her costume for the wedding. Witnesses were Damian O'Flynn and his wife.