Jeanne Eagels
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.
The Letter
as Leslie CrosbieA planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
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The Cross Bearer
as Liane de MerodeCardinal Mercier protects the altar of his church from desecration when German forces invade the...
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Man, Woman and Sin
as Vera WorthA young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his...
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Under False Colors
as Countess OlgaA young Russian woman escapes persecution in her country and makes her way to the United States....
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The Madonna of the Slums
as uncreditedA rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the...
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Jealousy
as YvonneYvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an...
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The World and the Woman
as Mary - A Woman of the StreetsIn "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her...
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The Fires of Youth
as Billy's SisterThe Thanhouser Co. has reissued a number of its surviving films on video. FIRES OF YOUTH existed...
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