Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/4/1892
Place of Birth
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Agnes Eyre HenkelAgnes 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...
Known For
Hollywood
as Agnes Ayres
The Son of the Sheik
as Diana - Wife of the Sheik
Midnight Taxi
as Society Woman
The Ten Commandments
as The Outcast
The Sheik
as Lady Diana Mayo
The Lane That Had No Turning
as Madelinette
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Small Town Girl
as Catherine (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
as Townswoman (Uncredited)
The Debt
as The Girl
Don't Call It Love
as Alice Meldrum
Morals for Men
as Bessie Hayes
Motherhood
as The Mother
The Inner Voice
as Barbara
The Girl Problem
as Helen Reeves
Clarence
as Violet Pinney
The Heart Raider
as Muriel Gray (a speed girl)
The Marriage Maker
as Alexandra Vancy
The Guilty One
as Irene Short