This article is about the actress. For the film, see Jeanne Eagels (film).
Jeanne Eagels
Eagels in 1923
Born
Eugenia Eagles
(1890-06-26)June 26, 1890
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died
October 3, 1929(1929-10-03) (aged 39)
New York City, U.S.
Resting place
Calvary Cemetery
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1913–1929
Spouses
Maurice Dubinsky (m. 1909?; div. 1911?)
Edward Harris "Ted" Coy
(m. 1925; div. 1928)
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 age of 39.
JeanneEagels (born Eugenia Eagles; June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American stage and film actress. Eagels appeared in many Broadway productions...
account of Eagels' life. The film drew negative reviews but turned a profit at the box office. Eagels' family sued Columbia over the way Eagels had been...
salesman. LeSueur made one final movie appearance, playing a reporter in JeanneEagels (1957). He made one TV appearance in an episode of the series State...
Say Goodbye (1956), The Bad Seed (1956), Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956), JeanneEagels (1957), Marjorie Morningstar (1958), and Summer Love (1958). On TV she...
notably, Full of Life (1956, based on his 1952 novel by that name), JeanneEagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint...
His last film role was that of the Equity Board President in the film JeanneEagels (1957). Lockhart was married to actress Kathleen Lockhart from June...
Behind as Sergeant Clyde 1957 The Spirit of St. Louis as Bud Gurney 1957 JeanneEagels as Chick O'Hara 1958 “Gunsmoke” as Calhoun 1958 Darby's Rangers as Private...
1959. Chandler moved to Columbia Pictures and acted with Kim Novak in JeanneEagels. He followed this with two films for Universal, The Lady Takes a Flyer...
considered for the same award were not made aware of their status. JeanneEagels became the first and, to date, only actress to be posthumously nominated...
Maria Reynolds has been the subject of several fictional portrayals. JeanneEagels portrayed Maria in the 1917 Broadway stage play Hamilton. June Collyer...
House (1956) – D.A. Reynolds 5 Steps to Danger (1957) – Dean Brant JeanneEagels (1957) – Judge (uncredited) Perry Mason (1958–1961, TV Series) – Judge...
Forrest was replaced by George Abbott at the request of JeanneEagels (Roxie Hart); but Eagels quit the show within a few days, and Francine Larrimore...
(1955) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The Buster Keaton Story (1957) JeanneEagels (1957) Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) A Bucket of Blood (1959) Beloved...
romance novel The Letter (1929 film), directed by Jean de Limur starring JeanneEagels, adapted from the Somerset Maugham play The Letter (1940 film), directed...
first official posthumous acting nomination in Academy Awards history. (JeanneEagels was nominated for Best Actress in 1929, when the rules for selection...
traveling the Midwest performing melodramas and tent shows with actress JeanneEagels. They purchased the Regent Theatre on 12th Street between Walnut and...