Agnes Ayres
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1892-04-04
- Died
- 1940-12-25
- Place of birth
- Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Agnes Ayres (April 4, 1892 – December 25, 1940) was an American actress who rose to fame during the silent film era. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in The Sheik and The Son of the Sheik opposite Rudolph Valentino. She was born Agnes Eyre Henkel in Carbondale, Illinois to Solon and Emma Slack Henkel on April 4, 1898. She had an older brother named Solon William Henkel born in 1888. Ayres began her career in 1914 when she was noticed by an Essanay Studios staff director and cast as an extra in a crowd scene. After moving to New York City with her mother to pursue a career in acting, Ayres was spotted by actress Alice Joyce. Joyce noticed the physical resemblance the two shared, which eventually led to Ayres being cast in Richard the Brazen (1917) as Joyce's character's sister. Ayres' career began to gain momentum when Paramount Pictures founder Jesse Lasky began to take an interest in her. Lasky gave her a starring role in the Civil War drama Held by the Enemy (1920), and also lobbied for parts for her in several Cecil B. DeMille productions. It was during this time that Ayres married, and quickly divorced, Captain Frank P. Schuker, an army officer whom she had wed during World War I. She also began a romance with Lasky. In 1921, Ayres shot to stardom when she was cast as Lady Diana Mayo, an English heiress opposite "Latin lover" Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik. Ayres later reprised her role as Lady Diana in the 1926 sequel Son of the Sheik. Following the release of The Sheik, she went on to have major roles in many other films including The Affairs of Anatol (1921) starring Wallace Reid, Forbidden Fruit (1921), and Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1923). By 1923, Ayres' career began to wane following the end of her relationship with Jesse Lasky. She married Mexican diplomat S. Manuel Reachi in 1924. The couple had a daughter before divorcing in 1927. In 1929, Ayres lost her fortune and real estate holdings in the Crash of '29. That same year, she also appeared in her last major role in The Donovan Affair, starring Jack Holt. To earn money, she left acting and played the vaudeville circuit. She returned to acting in 1936, confident that she could make a comeback. Unable to secure starring roles and somewhat overweight, Ayres appeared in mostly uncredited bit parts, and finally retired from acting for good in 1937. After her retirement, Ayres became despondent and was eventually committed to a sanatorium. She also lost custody of her daughter to Reachi, in 1939. She died from a cerebral hemorrhage on December 25, 1940 at her home at the age of 42. She is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. For her contribution to motion pictures, Agnes Ayres has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard.
Works in catalog 81
A Burial
Desolation Heart
Främmandet
Hantée
The Hiker Hunter
Life at Sandy's
Lingoult
NEXT
Roma elastica
Cristine: Tidak Seperti Yang Kamu Lihat
Lost Angels
Sleep Paralysis
Mama
Mermaid
Pulung Gantung: Pati Ngendat
Sosok Ketiga: Lintrik
Star Beast
Black Mold
The Devil's Bath
Lumina
Staircase
The Wolf 2
115
Men in Cars
Run from Hell
I Married a Mummy
Minxiong Haunted House
Morto Rossa
Yule Cat
Last Christmas Wish
C.L.E.A.N.
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
Alien: Harvest
Immortal
Stop Invasion!
Condamned
Blund's Lullaby
Hammered: A True Story
Room 213
Replace
Sarah Winchester, opéra fantome
Chiral
Knightmare
Dieu reconnaîtra les siens
Rough Cut
The Pact
Hidden
Kill Theory
Tombstone Brides
Devil's Grove
Vacancy 2 - L'inizio
Blood and Chocolate - La caccia al licantropo è aperta
Desert of Death
Il mistero del bosco
Venom
The Necrophile
Amanti criminali
Emergency Special! I saw a Paranormal Phenomenon!!
Hong Kong Criminal Archives - Female Butcher
Mother
50 primavere
The Vampire Raiders
Mixed Up
Frankenstein: The True Story
Cara dolce Delilah... morta
Il monaco
I raptus segreti di Helen
Le amanti del dr. Jekyll
Piano... piano dolce Carlotta
Doctor Without Scruples
Il mostro che uccide
Alraune la figlia del male
A Strong Man
The Student of Prague
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Go and Get It
The Devil's Church
The Face at the Window
Algorithm of Fear
Earthen
