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Jeanne Eagels
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
The World and the Woman
as Mary - A Woman of the Streets
The Letter
as Leslie Crosbie
Jealousy
as Yvonne
The Cross Bearer
as Liane de Merode
Man, Woman and Sin
as Vera Worth
The Madonna of the Slums
Under False Colors
as Countess Olga
The House of Fear
as Grace Cramp
A Lesson in Bridge
as Mrs. Willis
The Fires of Youth
as Billy's Sister
