Jeanne Eagels
Actor, Theater Actor
1890 – 1929
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Who was Jeanne Eagels?
Jeanne Eagels was an American actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films.
She was posthumously considered for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39. That nomination was the first posthumous Oscar consideration for any actor, male or female.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1890
Kansas City - Also known as
- Amelia Jean Eagles
- Amelia Jeannine Eagles
- Eugenia Eagles
- Jeanne Eagles
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Morris Dubinsky
- Ted Coy
(1925/08/27 - 1928)
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Missouri
- Boston
- Died
- Oct 3, 1929
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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