Jeanne Eagels
Known for Acting · 12 credits
- Born
- 1890-06-26
- Died
- 1929-10-03
- Also known as
- Eugenia Eagles
Biography
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
Movies (12)
The House of Fear
1915
as Grace Cramp
The World and the Woman
1916
as Mary - A Woman of the Streets
The Cross Bearer
1918
as Liane de Merode
Under False Colors
1917
as Countess Olga
The Letter
1929
as Leslie Crosbie
The Bride of the Sea
1913
Man, Woman and Sin
1927
as Vera Worth
Jealousy
1929
as Yvonne
The Madonna of the Slums
1919
The Ace of Hearts
1913
The Fires of Youth
1917
as Billy's Sister
A Lesson in Bridge
1914
as Mrs. Willis
About 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 reputatio… With 12 credits spanning from 1913 to 1929, Jeanne Eagels has appeared in 12 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The House of Fear (1915) — as Grace Cramp
- The World and the Woman (1916) — as Mary - A Woman of the Streets
- The Cross Bearer (1918) — as Liane de Merode
- Under False Colors (1917) — as Countess Olga
- The Letter (1929) — as Leslie Crosbie
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