Jeanne Eagels

She left Kansas City around the age of 15 and toured the midwestern U.S. with the Dubinsky Brothers' traveling theater show as a dancer.In 1922, she had her first starring role, in the play Rain by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, based on a short story by Somerset Maugham.In this, her favorite role,[citation needed] Eagels played Sadie Thompson, a free-wheeling and promiscuous spirit who confronts a fire-and-brimstone preacher on a South Pacific island.In 1926, Eagels was offered the part of Roxie Hart in Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago, but she walked out during rehearsals.After missing a few performances due to ptomaine poisoning, Eagels returned to the cast in July 1927 for an Empire Theater show.She appeared opposite John Gilbert in the MGM film Man, Woman and Sin (1927), directed by Monta Bell.In 1928, after failing to appear for a performance of Her Cardboard Lover in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Eagels was banned from the stage for 18 months by Actors Equity.[10] In August 1925, Eagels married Edward Harris "Ted" Coy, a former football star at Yale University who became a stockbroker.
Eagels photographed by Adolph de Meyer in 1921 wearing a dress and cape by Paris couturier Louise Chéruit
Eagels with George Arliss in the Broadway play Hamilton , 1917
Eagels featured in The Bellman , Volume 23, July 7, 1917
Jeanne Eagels (film)Kansas City, MissouriEdward Harris "Ted" CoyBroadwaysound filmsAcademy Award for Best ActressThe LetterHuguenotFirst CommunionAMC TheatresAdolph de MeyerLouise ChéruitBeverley SitgreavesLyceum TheatreGeorge ArlissThanhouser Film CorporationDavid BelascoJohn Coltona short storySomerset MaughamSadie ThompsonRoxie HartMaurine Dallas WatkinsLeslie Howardptomaine poisoningJohn GilbertMan, Woman and SinActors EquityJealousysanatoriumsheroinSt. Luke's HospitalneuritisPark Avenuealcoholic psychosischloral hydrateFrank E. Campbell Funeral ChapelBest Actress2nd Academy AwardsJeanne EagelsColumbia PicturesKim NovakThe House of FearThe World and the WomanThe Fires of YouthUnder False ColorsLost filmAcademy AwardsposthumousList of actors with Academy Award nominationsNew York TimesVarietyAncestry.comThe Plain DealerErickson, HalThe New York TimesInternet Broadway Database