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