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Jeanne Eagels
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Jeanne Eagels
1957
- 1957 · Biography · 1h 49m
Jeanne Eagels (born Eugenia Eagles; June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American stage and film actress. Eagels appeared in many Broadway productions, and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39.
Actress: The Letter. Jeanne Eagels, one of the most intriguing stars of late silent films and the early talkies, was born Amelia Jean Eagles on June 26, 1890 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Edward and Julia Sullivan Eagles. Young Jean was part of an impoverished family of eight, with three brothers and two sisters.
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- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Apr 24, 2024 · Jeanne Eagels (born June 26, 1890, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.—died Oct. 3, 1929, New York, N.Y.) was an American actress who, through force of will and personality rather than training, forged a successful career onstage and in motion pictures. Eagels left school early and worked at small jobs until, at age 15, she began to work in a traveling ...
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Jeanne Eagels (also titled The Jeanne Eagels Story) is a 1957 American biographical film loosely based on the life of stage star Jeanne Eagels. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was produced and directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by John Fante, Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Fuchs.
- $3.1 million (US rentals)
- George Duning
- George Sidney
Actress Jeanne Eagels was in her late 20s when she achieved a hard-won dream of stardom. as Sadie Thompson in the 1922 Broadway production of Rain. She died only seven years later of alcoholism and drug addiction. Marilyn Monroe has often been regarded as Eagels' modern-day counterpart.
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Jun 18, 2015 · Jeanne Eagels: A Life on Film. Even the most learned scholars of classic film consider Jeanne Eagels a mystery. Although she was one of America’s leading actresses during the early twentieth century, her first love was the stage, and only a handful of film performances survive today.
In this biopic, waitress Jeanne Eagels (Kim Novak) is desperate for fame and joins the carnival to try to achieve it. Under the watchful eye of impresario Sal Satori (Jeff Chandler), Eagels...
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