Agnes Ayres
Acting
Born: 1892-04-04 · Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Died: 1940-12-25
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 dir
🎬 Movies (30)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Self (archive footage)
Midnight Taxi
1937
Society Woman
Maid of Salem
1937
Townswoman (Uncredited)
Small Town Girl
1936
Catherine (uncredited)
The Donovan Affair
1929
Lydia Rankin
Into the Night
1928
Billie Mardon
Eve's Love Letters
1927
The wife
Life in Hollywood No. 7
1927
Herself
The Son of the Sheik
1926
Diana - Wife of the Sheik
Morals for Men
1925
Bessie Hayes
Her Market Value
1925
Nancy Dumont
The Awful Truth
1925
Lucy Satterlee
Tomorrow's Love
1925
Judith Stanley
The Story Without a Name
1924
Mary Walsworth
The Guilty One
1924
Irene Short
Detained
1924
Don't Call It Love
1924
Alice Meldrum
When a Girl Loves
1924
Sasha Boroff
Worldly Goods
1924
Eleanor Lawson
Bluff
1924
Betty Hallowell
The Ten Commandments
1923
The Outcast
Hollywood
1923
Agnes Ayres
Racing Hearts
1923
Virginia Kent
The Marriage Maker
1923
Alexandra Vancy
The Heart Raider
1923
Muriel Gray (a speed girl)
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922
Self
Clarence
1922
Violet Pinney
The Ordeal
1922
Sybil Bruce
Bought and Paid For
1922
Virginia Blaine