Evelyn Nesbit

Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 - January 17, 1967) was a model noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover, architect Stanford White, by her first husband, Harry K. Thaw.

Popular culture

• The author Lucy Maud Montgomery used a photograph of Evelyn, clipped from an American magazine and pasted to the wall near her writing desk, as the model for the title character of her 1906 novel, Anne of Green Gables
• She was portrayed by Elizabeth McGovern in the movie Ragtime
• She was portrayed by Joan Collins in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing