Jeanne Eagels

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.

  • Title: Jeanne Eagels
  • Popularity: 1.186
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1890-06-26
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  • Also Known As: Eugenia Eagles
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Jeanne Eagels Movies

  • 1913
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    The Ace of Hearts

    The Ace of Hearts

    1 1913 HD

    The Ace of Hearts is a silent 1917 drama

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  • 1914
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    A Lesson in Bridge

    A Lesson in Bridge

    1 1914 HD

    The fascinating game of bridge has completely ensnared Mrs. Willis, the pretty young wife of a Wall Street clerk, and money that should have been...

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  • 1918
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    The Cross Bearer

    The Cross Bearer

    1 1918 HD

    Cardinal Mercier protects the altar of his church from desecration when German forces invade the Belgian city of Louvain during World War I. Although...

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  • 1913
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    The Bride of the Sea

    The Bride of the Sea

    1 1913 HD

    The Bride of the Sea is a 1913 thriller film.

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  • 1919
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    The Madonna of the Slums

    The Madonna of the Slums

    1 1919 HD

    A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the face, sees the wife of a man in hard luck begging on...

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  • 1917
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    Under False Colors

    Under False Colors

    1 1917 HD

    A young Russian woman escapes persecution in her country and makes her way to the United States. Shortly after her arrival she meets an American...

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  • 1929
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    The Letter

    The Letter

    5.6 1929 HD

    A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

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  • 1927
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    Man, Woman and Sin

    Man, Woman and Sin

    4.7 1927 HD

    A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper...

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  • 1917
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    The Fires of Youth

    The Fires of Youth

    5 1917 HD

    The Thanhouser Co. has reissued a number of its surviving films on video. FIRES OF YOUTH existed at around 52 minutes in its original release. A...

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  • 1916
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    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

    3.5 1916 HD

    In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who...

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  • 1915
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    The House of Fear

    The House of Fear

    1 1915 HD

    On the advice of his friend Pendleton, Ashton Kirk, a scholar and amateur detective, pays a visit to a house whose occupants, Charles Cramp and his...

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  • 1929
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    Jealousy

    Jealousy

    1 1929 HD

    Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier...

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