Agnes Ayres

Personal Info

Birthday

April 4, 1892

Day of Death

1940-12-25

(48 years old)

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.

Known For

Hollywood

The Ten Commandments

The Son of the Sheik

The Sheik

Small Town Girl

Maid of Salem

Forbidden Fruit

The Affairs of Anatol

Filmography

1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1937
Midnight Taxi
as Society Woman
Maid of Salem
as Townswoman (Uncredited)
1936
Small Town Girl
as Catherine (uncredited)
1929
The Donovan Affair
as Lydia Rankin
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 7
as Herself
Eve's Love Letters
as The wife
1926
The Son of the Sheik
as Diana - Wife of the Sheik
1925
Morals for Men
as Bessie Hayes
The Awful Truth
as Lucy Satterlee
Her Market Value
as Nancy Dumont
1924
The Story Without a Name
as Mary Walsworth
The Guilty One
as Irene Short
When a Girl Loves
as Sasha Boroff
Don't Call It Love
as Alice Meldrum
1923
The Ten Commandments
as The Outcast
The Marriage Maker
as Alexandra Vancy
Hollywood
as Agnes Ayres
Racing Hearts
as Virginia Kent
The Heart Raider
as Muriel Gray (a speed girl)
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
as Self
Clarence
as Violet Pinney
The Ordeal
as Sybil Bruce
Bought and Paid For
as Virginia Blaine
The Lane That Had No Turning
as Madelinette
A Daughter of Luxury
as Mary Fenton
1921
The Sheik
as Lady Diana Mayo
The Affairs of Anatol
as Annie Elliott
A Modern Salome
as Helen Torrence
Cappy Ricks
as Florrie Ricks
Too Much Speed
as Virginia MacMurran
The Love Special
as Laura Gage
Forbidden Fruit
as Mary Maddock
1920
The Furnace
as Folly Valance
Held by the Enemy
as Rachel Hayne
The Inner Voice
as Barbara
Go and Get It
as Helen Allen
1919
Sacred Silence
as Madge Summers
1918
Mammon and the Archer
as Helen Lantry
1917
The Venturers
as Mary Marsden
The Debt
as The Girl
Mrs. Balfame
as Alys Crumley
Motherhood
as The Mother