Jeanne Eagels
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Early Years (1890-1911)
A Rising Star (1911-1916)
On Broadway (1916-1927)
Final Years (1927-1929)
Chronicle of Stage Career
"Rain" (1922-1926)
Filmography
Film: "Man, Woman and Sin" (1927)
Film: "The Letter" (1929)
Film: "Jealousy" (1929)
In Her Own Words
Comments from Contemporaries
Jeanne Eagels' Legacy
Myths about the Legend
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Eagels in 1929.
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Portrait by Edward Steichen.

"'That's the greatest profile in the world,' said our company manager and pointed across the Sinton dining room. Jeanne Eagels was having dinner alone...to see her was worth double the price of dinner." Ruth Gordon.

With her strong chin and slightly upturned nose, Eagels' profile was admired and highly recognized during her heyday in the 1920s. Her profile may even have been as famous as John Barrymore's. There are several photo-portraits of Eagles in profile. In her existing films, there are frequently rather long takes of her in profile.

Eagels in the "Crinoline Girl".
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Advertisement circa 1914.

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Portrait by Mortimer Offner

Eagels in "The Wonderful Thing" (1920).
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In her pre-"Rain" days, she frequently modeled clothes in ads like this one for Minerva brand yarns.

Eagels as a brunette circa 1923.
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Portrait by Edwin Bower Hesser.

Eagels in 1925.
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Portrait by Edward Steichen.

Eagels in "Her Cardboard Lover", 1927.
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As Simone. Portrait by Mortimer Offner.

Eagels in 1927.
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From "Man, Woman and Sin".

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Eagels in 1926.
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Portrait by Edward Steichen.

Eagels in 1927.
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Drawn from life by Janet Dexter.

Eagels in 1929.
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Publicity photo for "The Letter".

Eagels in 1927.
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Publicity photo for "Man, Woman and Sin".

Eagels in "Jealousy"
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From a publicity still ca. April, 1929

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More images will be posted as they are acquired.