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.

Movies with Jeanne Eagels

5.7

The Letter

Mar 17, 1929

Jealousy

Sep 13, 1929

3.5

The World and the Woman

Nov 18, 1916

The Cross Bearer

Apr 1, 1918

The House of Fear

Dec 3, 1915

The Madonna of the Slums

Nov 5, 1919

5.0

The Fires of Youth

Jun 16, 1917

A Lesson in Bridge

Mar 4, 1914

Under False Colors

Sep 23, 1917

4.7

Man, Woman and Sin

Nov 19, 1927

The Ace of Hearts

Jun 9, 1913

The Bride of the Sea

Jul 28, 1913