Agnes Ayres (April 4, 1898 - December 25, 1940) was a silent film star in the 1920s. Born Agnes Hinkle, she had planned to have a career in law, but in 1915 at the age of 17 she made her film debut at Essanay Studios in Chicago, and was signed by Fox in 1919. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Essanay Studios was a motion picture company founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson under the name Essanay (S and A). It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

Moving to New York, Agnes gained popularity after being cast in Richard the Brazen (1917), and was signed by Paramount in 1920. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

During World War I she married Captain Frank P. Schuker. The marriage ended in Summer 1921.

Suddenly, and sensationally, in 1921 she shot to stardom when she was cast in what is probably her best know role opposite Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik. Agnes played the role for all it was worth, and became the envy of every woman alive as the love interest to the cinema's sexiest new idol. Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... The Sheik works a Camel Clutch on Terry Funk in a 1970s match Edward George Farhat (June 11, 1924 – January 18, 2003) was a professional wrestler best known as The Sheik (or The Original Sheik to distinguish him from the Iron Sheik of the mid-1980s). ...

In October 1924, Ayres revealed that, on July 13, 1924, she had married Mexican diplomat S. Manuel Reachi. Their daughter, Maria Eugenia, was born on March 25, 1926, in Los Angeles.

She went on to have major roles in many other films including The Affairs of Anatol (1921), Forbidden Fruit (1921), and The Ten Commandments (1923), but soon afterward, Agnes' stardom began to decline. In 1926 she reprised her role as Diana in Valentino's The Son of the Sheik. Poster for The Son of the Sheik. The Son of the Sheik was a 1926 silent movie directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky. ...

In Los Angeles, on June 10, 1927, she and Reachi divorced on the grounds of desertion and failure to provide. Ayres never remarried.

Sadly, in 1929 Agnes lost her fortune in the Crash, and her career ended with the beginning of talking pictures. Her voice was, according to trade journal reports, improperly pitched for sound pictures. Ayres went successfully into real estate after her film career was over and handled prime Beverly Hills properties.

In 1940 Agnes Ayres died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 42. She has a star along Hollywood's Walk of Fame, at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

Morning Judge (1937)
Souls at Sea (1937)
Midnight Taxi (1937))
Maid of Salem (1937))
Small Town Girl (1936)
... aka One Horse Town (USA: TV title)
The Donovan Affair (1929)
Broken Hearted (1929)
Bye, Bye, Buddy (1929)
Into the Night (1928)
The Lady of Victory (1928)
Eve's Love Letters (1927)
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
Morals for Men (1925)
The Awful Truth (1925)
Her Market Value (1925)
Tomorrow's Love (1925)
Worldly Goods (1924)
Detained (1924)
The Story Without a Name (1924)
... aka Without Warning (USA)
The Guilty One (1924)
Bluff (1924)
When a Girl Loves (1924)
Don't Call It Love (1924)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Marriage Maker (1923)
Racing Hearts (1923)
The Heart Raider (1923)
A Daughter of Luxury (1922)
Clarence (1922)
Borderland (1922)
The Ordeal (1922)
Bought and Paid For (1922)
The Lane That Had No Turning (1922)
The Sheik (1921)
The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
... aka A Prodigal Knight (UK)
Cappy Ricks (1921)
Too Much Speed (1921)
The Love Special (1921)
Forbidden Fruit (1921)
The Furnace (1920)
... aka Breach of Promise, or The Furnace
Held by the Enemy (1920)
Go and Get It (1920)
The Inner Voice (1920)
A Modern Salome (1920)
The Ghost of a Chance (1919)
Sacred Silence (1919)
The Gamblers (1919)
In Honor's Web (1919)
The Buried Treasure (1919)
The Guardian of the Accolade (1919)
A Stitch in Time (1919)
The Girl Problem (1919)
Shocks of Doom (1919)
A Bird of Bagdad (1918)
Springtime à la Carte (1918)
Mammon and the Archer (1918)
One Thousand Dollars (1918)
The Girl and the Graft (1918)
The Enchanted Profile (1918)
Coals for the Fire (1918)
A Four Cornered Triangle (1918)
The Purple Dress (1918)
A Ramble in Aphasia (1918)
The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball (1918)
Sisters of the Golden Circle (1918)
Tobin's Palm (1918)
Transients in Arcadia (1918)
A Family Flivver (1917)
The Renaissance at Charleroi (1917)
... aka The Renaissance (USA)
The Bottom of the Well (1917)
The Furnished Room (1917)
The Defeat of the City (1917)
Richard the Brazen (1917)
The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917)
... aka Who Is She? (USA)
The Mirror (1917)
Hedda Gabler (1917)
The Debt (1917)
Mrs. Balfame (1917)
Motherhood (1917)
The Venturers (1917)
His New Job (1915)
... aka Charlie's New Job
The Masked Wrestler (1914)
Poster for The Son of the Sheik. The Son of the Sheik was a 1926 silent movie directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky. ... The Sheik works a Camel Clutch on Terry Funk in a 1970s match Edward George Farhat (June 11, 1924 – January 18, 2003) was a professional wrestler best known as The Sheik (or The Original Sheik to distinguish him from the Iron Sheik of the mid-1980s). ...