Biography
Born into a poor family in Kansas, Eagles ran off to a traveling theatrical company at age 12, landed in New York, remade herself, became a chorine and a Ziegfeld Girl, studied acting and became a sought after theatrical name. As her heavy schedule – which soon included silent films – began to weigh on her, she self-medicated with pills, alcohol and possibly harder stuff. Soon, after dozens of successful roles, she became a Broadway super-star playing Sadie Thompson in Somerset Maugham’s “Rain.” As her fame increased, so did her reputation for temperamental behavior and even unreliability. She died on the night of October 3, 1929, aged 39. Her death was variously attributed to alcohol, sleeping pills and heroin.
Filmography
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Movies 12
Jealousy (1929)
The Letter (1929)
Man, Woman and Sin (1927)
The Cross Bearer (1918)
Under False Colors (1917)
The Fires of Youth (1917)
The World and the Woman (1916)
The House of Fear (1915)
A Lesson in Bridge (1914)
The Ace of Hearts (1913)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1890-06-26
Deathday
1929-10-03 (39 years old)
Birth Place
Kansas City, United States
Relationships
Ted Coy (1925 - 1928)
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Eugenia Eagles
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