title: Millicent Evison
text: # Millicent Evison
  
  Millicent Evison McEntee (c.1876 – 1970) was a Shakespearean actress, screenwriter, and novelist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Evison was born in England and grew up in Canada.
  
  ## Career
  
  Evison was called "one of the best impersonators of Shakespearean roles of the present school" by the Knoxville Sentinel in 1912. Evison toured the United States with Ben Greet's Shakespeare company and was influenced by his work.
  
  Evison wrote the scenario for the 1917 film Next Door to Nancy. She wrote the story the 1918 film The Mating was based on. Her novel Over the Garden Wall was also adapted to film of the same name.
  
  Her book Rainbow Gold was marketed as the story of a girl who brings cheer. Her book Over the Garden Wall was described as a society romance novel.
  
  The Unitarian Register gave Rainbow Gold a favorable writeup as a tried and true type story for girls. The Christian Advocate also gave the charming and happy ending story a writeup.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Evison considered herself a suffragist, but did not support some of the more militant tactics being used to fight for women's suffrage.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Evison married Francis D. McEntee, with whom she had toured while acting.
  
  She died in Moorestown, New Jersey on 29 January 1970, aged 93.
  
  