People
Agnes Ayres
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Love Goddesses as (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage) | 1942-01-01 |
Midnight Taxi as Society Woman | 1937-04-04 |
Maid of Salem as Townswoman (Uncredited) | 1937-02-12 |
Small Town Girl as Catherine (uncredited) | 1936-04-10 |
The Donovan Affair as Lydia Rankin | 1929-04-11 |
Life in Hollywood No. 7 as Herself | 1927-08-25 |
Eve's Love Letters as The wife | 1927-05-28 |
The Son of the Sheik as Diana - Wife of the Sheik | 1926-09-05 |
Morals for Men as Bessie Hayes | 1925-12-01 |
The Awful Truth as Lucy Satterlee | 1925-04-06 |
Her Market Value as Nancy Dumont | 1925-02-09 |
The Story Without a Name as Mary Walsworth | 1924-10-27 |
Detained | 1924-10-01 |
The Guilty One as Irene Short | 1924-06-08 |
Don't Call It Love as Alice Meldrum | 1924-01-06 |
The Ten Commandments as The Outcast | 1923-11-23 |
The Marriage Maker as Alexandra Vancy | 1923-09-30 |
Hollywood as Agnes Ayres | 1923-08-19 |
Racing Hearts as Virginia Kent | 1923-07-15 |
The Heart Raider as Muriel Gray (a speed girl) | 1923-06-10 |
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 as Self | 1922-11-05 |
Clarence as Violet Pinney | 1922-10-15 |
The Ordeal as Sybil Bruce | 1922-05-21 |
Bought and Paid For as Virginia Blaine | 1922-04-16 |
A Daughter of Luxury as Mary Fenton | 1922-01-01 |
The Sheik as Lady Diana Mayo | 1921-11-20 |
The Affairs of Anatol as Annie Elliott | 1921-09-25 |
Cappy Ricks as Florrie Ricks | 1921-08-21 |
Too Much Speed as Virginia MacMurran | 1921-06-05 |
The Love Special as Laura Gage | 1921-03-20 |
Forbidden Fruit as Mary Maddock | 1921-01-03 |
The Furnace as Folly Valance | 1920-11-01 |
Held by the Enemy as Rachel Hayne | 1920-10-24 |
The Inner Voice as Barbara | 1920-09-03 |
Go and Get It as Helen Allen | 1920-07-18 |
Sacred Silence as Madge Summers | 1919-10-12 |
Mammon and the Archer as Helen Lantry | 1918-07-21 |
A Little Ouija Work | 1918-01-07 |
The Venturers as Mary Marsden | 1917-08-01 |
The Debt as The Girl | 1917-04-23 |
Mrs. Balfame as Alys Crumley | 1917-04-09 |
Motherhood as The Mother | 1917-03-26 |