Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman (born August 19, 1898 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † December 12, 1991 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American actress of the silent and early talkies era .
Life
Eleanor Boardman was first known as the Kodak Girl through a successful Eastman Kodak advertising campaign . After a few years on the stage, she moved to Hollywood in the early 1920s , where she quickly established herself as a household name. In 1923 she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars and after switching to MGM , her successful rise to one of the stars of society began. She had her best-known role in 1928 under the direction of her first husband King Vidor in the socially critical film Ein Mensch der Masse .
The actress made the leap to talkies with no problems, but in 1931 her contract with MGM was no longer renewed and Boardman retired into private life after a few roles in B-films . After divorcing King Vidor, she married the director Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast in 1940 . The marriage was overshadowed by the never-ending custody disputes between Boardman and Vidor over their two daughters. After d'Arrast's death, Boardman retired to a large estate in California.
Filmography
- 1922: The Strangers' Banquet
- 1923: Gimme
- 1923: Vanity Fair
- 1923: Souls for Sale
- 1923: A Girl and Three Old Fools (Three Wise Fools)
- 1923: The Day of Faith
- 1924: True As Steel
- 1924: Wine of Youth
- 1924: The Garden of Sin (Sinners in Silk)
- 1924: The Turmoil
- 1924: The Silent Accuser
- 1924: So This Is Marriage?
- 1924: A Girl and Three Old Fools (The Wife of the Centaur)
- 1925: Women and Horses (The Way of a Girl)
- 1925: Proud Flesh
- 1925: The Circle
- 1925: Exchange of Wives
- 1925: The Only Thing
- 1926: The Auction Block
- 1926: Memory Lane
- 1926: Gallows Wedding (Bardelys the Magnificent)
- 1926: Fire in the East (Tell It to the Marines)
- 1928: The Crowd
- 1928: Diamond Handcuffs
- 1929: She Goes to War
- 1930: Mamba
- 1930: Redemption
- 1931: The Great Meadow
- 1931: The Flood
- 1931: Women Love Once
- 1931: The Squaw Man
- 1935: The Three Cornered Hat
Web links
- Eleanor Boardman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eleanor Boardman in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Eleanor Boardman at Golden Silents
- Eleanor Boardman at Silent Ladies
- Images by Eleanor Boardman In: Virtual History
- Small website with a short biography ( memento from May 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) in the Internet Archive
- biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boardman, Eleanor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1991 |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , California , United States |