Agnes Ayres
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-04-04 (48 years old)
Deathday
1940-12-25
Place of Birth
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Agnes Eyre Henkel
Agnes Eyre
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 ...
Acting
1923
as The Outcast
1924
as Mary Walsworth
1923
as Agnes Ayres
1929
as Lydia Rankin
1922
1921
as Lady Diana Mayo
1923
as Virginia Kent
1921
as Annie Elliott
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1926
as Diana - Wife of the Sheik
1921
as Virginia MacMurran
1922
as Violet Pinney
1924
as Irene Short
1922
as Sybil Bruce
1927
as The wife
1917
as Alys Crumley
1919
as Madge Summers
1942
as Self (archive footage)
1920
as Helen Allen
1922
as Virginia Blaine
1917
as Mary Marsden
1936
as Catherine (uncredited)
1922
as Mary Fenton
1937
as Society Woman
1925
as Bessie Hayes
1921
as Mary Maddock
1924
1920
as Barbara
1927
as Herself
1925
as Nancy Dumont
1923
as Alexandra Vancy
1924
as Alice Meldrum
1921
as Laura Gage
1925
as Lucy Satterlee
1923
as Muriel Gray (a speed girl)
1921
as Florrie Ricks
1920
as Folly Valance
1920
as Rachel Hayne
1937
as Townswoman (Uncredited)
1917
as The Mother
1917
as The Girl
1918
as Helen Lantry
1922
as Madelinette
1921
as Helen Torrence
1924
as Sasha Boroff
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