Aileen Pringle ( born Aileen Pringle , nee Aileen Bisbee ), July 23, 1895 - December 16, 1989 ) - American actress.
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | San Francisco , USA |
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| Place of death | New York , USA |
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1920-1944 |
| IMDb | ID 0697800 |
Biography
Eileen Bisby was born in San Francisco into a wealthy and well-known family in the city, thanks to which she received a good education in Europe . In 1916, she married a wealthy official from Jamaica, Charles Mackenzie Pring. Pringle's acting debut took place in 1920, and she played one of her first roles in the short film “Stolen Moments” with Rudolfo Valentino in the title role. In 1924, her friend, British novelist Elinor Glyn, invited the actress to a major role in the film adaptation of her work “Three Weeks”, after which Pringle's career began to develop rapidly.
In November 1924, Eileen Pringle was one of the guests, along with Luella Parsons , Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davis , on the yacht of billionaire William Randolph Hears "Oneida", on the occasion of the birthday of director Thomas Ince . This event ended very sadly, because the next day after his birthday, Thomas Ince was hospitalized, and died a couple of days later. Although his death was caused by a gastrointestinal illness, the press made a big fuss about this event, in which all the guests of this event, including Eileen Pringle, were involved.
In the acting environment, Pringle spoke with few people, while maintaining close friendly relations with prominent representatives of the literary environment. Among her friends were Karl Van Wechten , G.L. Mencken , Rupert Hughes and Joseph Hergesheifer, which is why the press dubbed her the "favorite of the intelligentsia." [4] Artist Ralph Barton was also a friend of the actress, and used Pringle as a model for the image of Dorothy in his illustrations for the novella “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” by Anita Luz . [five]
Throughout the 1920s, Pringle continued to act quite a lot, appearing in such films as “Tin Gods” (1926), “Lady with Camellias” (1926), “Body and Soul” (1927), “Dream of Love” (1928) , “ People of Art ” (1928) and “Wall Street” (1929). With the beginning of the era of sound cinema, studios began to look for new stars for their films, and Pringle's career began to fade. The actress moved to a supporting role, appearing later in such films as “ Jane Eyre ” (1934), “ Wife Against Secretary ” (1936), “ Nothing Holy ” (1937), “ Women ” (1939) and “ They died on their posts ”(1941). In 1944, she last appeared on the big screen, after which she completed her acting career.
After a divorce from Charles Mackenzie Pringle in 1926, the actress was married to writer James M. Kane, the union with which lasted only two years (1944-1946). Eileen Pringle spent the rest of her life in abundance, living in New York , where she died in 1989 at the age of 94. Her contribution to the US film industry is marked by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ FemBio
- ↑ Marion Elizabeth Rogers. Mencken: The American Iconoclast . Oxford University Press. 2005 ISBN 0-19-507238-3
- ↑ Anita Loos. A Girl Like I , New York: The Viking Press, 1966, pp. 120, 275
Literature
- Kenneth Anger, "Hollywood Babylon", San Francisco California: Straight Arrow Books, 1975. ISBN 0-87932-086-9
- Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth (2005) Mencken: The American Iconoclast . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507238-3
- Bruce Kellner. The Last Dandy: Ralph Barton, American Artist, 1891-1931 . Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8262-0774-X