'''Jeanne Eagels''' (June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. A former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of "talkies" (films with sound), she was posthumously nominated for
the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in ''The...(continue reading)