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 Letter

Leslie Crosbie

The Fires of Youth

Billy's Sister

The Cross Bearer

Liane de Merode

The World and the Woman

Mary - A Woman of the Streets

Man, Woman and Sin

Vera Worth

The Madonna of the Slums

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role