People

Agnes Ayres

Agnes Ayres
  • Name: Agnes Ayres
  • Birthday: 1892-04-04
  • Also known as: Agnes Eyre Henkel,Agnes Eyre
  • Place of birth: Carbondale, Illinois, USA
  • Popularity: 2.057
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

Images:

Movies:

Title Release date
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