About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1890-06-26
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Jeanne Eagels

Overview

Born into a poor family in Kansas, Eagles ran off to join a traveling theatrical company at age 12, landed in New York, remade herself, became a chorine and a Ziegfeld Girl, studied acting and became a sought after theatrical name. As her heavy schedule – which soon included silent films – began to weigh on her, she self-medicated with pills, alcohol and possibly harder stuff. Soon, after dozens of successful roles, she became a Broadway super-star playing Sadie Thompson in Somerset Maugham’s “Rain.” As her fame increased, so did her reputation for temperamental behavior and even unreliability. She died on the night of October 3, 1929, aged 39. Her death was variously attributed to alcohol, sleeping pills and heroin.

Known for

Acting
1929 Jealousy Actor Yvonne N/A
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1929 The Letter Actor Leslie Crosbie 58
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1927 Man, Woman and Sin Actor Vera Worth 58
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1919 The Madonna of the Slums Actor N/A
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1918 The Cross Bearer Actor Liane de Merode N/A
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1917 Under False Colors Actor Countess Olga N/A
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1917 The Fires of Youth Actor Billy's Sister 59
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1916 The World and the Woman Actor Mary 58
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1915 The House of Fear Actor Grace Cramp N/A
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1914 A Lesson in Bridge Actor Mrs. Willis N/A
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1913 The Bride of the Sea Actor N/A
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1913 The Ace of Hearts Actor N/A
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