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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.
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Jeanne Eagels: Directed by George Sidney. With Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake. The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
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Jeanne Eagels (born Eugenia Eagles; June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American stage and film actress. [1] 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 ...
6 days ago · 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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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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Jeanne Eagels features about 22 minutes' worth of audio commentary with Novak and film historian Stephen Rebello, and it's a fascinating treat. She says that when she researched the role, Eagels' films weren't available for her to see, but she was able to meet with people who knew her, like her stand-in and secretary.
"Jeanne Eagels" is a highly fictionalized biography of the great stage star who also acquitted herself well in films before her death at the age of 39. Directed by George Sidney, the movie also stars Jeff Chandler as Satori. His character existed, under another name, and unlike in the film, Eagels was married to him for a time.
