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    Eleanor Boardman

    American actress

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  1. Dec 12, 1991 · Actress. While still a teenager, she began her career as a model for Eastman Kodak and became known as the Kodak Girl. The ads she appeared in were shown all over the United States, and she gained quite a bit of popularity.

  2. Dec 16, 1991 · She was 93. Miss Boardman died Thursday in her sleep at her Santa Barbara home, her stepdaughter, Suzanne Parry, said. A native of Philadelphia, Miss Boardman won nationwide fame as the...

  3. Clad in black-and-white stripes against a field of daisies, 16-year-old Eleanor Boardman gained national attention as the Kodak girl on publicity posters for Eastman Kodak. A few years later, she left her home in Philadelphia for New York, thinking more of a career as a costume or set designer than as an actress.

  4. Apr 15, 2010 · For example, Eleanor Boardman, a silent movie star, was a Kodak Girl. She was born in 1898 in Philadelphia, became an Eastman Kodak Girl, and attracted the attention of director King Vidor in Hollywood.

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  5. Eleanor Boardman cover art from June 1926 issue of Picture-Play Magazine. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career, including director King Vidor's The Crowd (1928). Her performance in that film is widely recognized as one of the outstanding performances in American silent film. In 1932, after some success in sound films, she parted ...

  6. Eleanor Boardman, who starred in several silent movies after gaining attention as a “Kodak Girl” model, has died at age 93. She was born in Philadelphia and gained nationwide recognition ...

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  8. Born in 1898 in Philadelphia, Eleanor Boardman was modeling for a local photography company from an early age. At 16 years, she was featured as the Kodak Girl in a nationally distributed ad. Standing in a field of flowers, she casually carries a camera.