Extremely popular silent star of the 1920s. Her popularity was enhanced when she co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik (1921) and The Son of the Sheik (1926). She made her screen debut at Essanay Studios in 1915. While she was popular in the 1920s (thanks to the patronage of her lover, Jess Lasky), her popularity had slipped by the time ...
April 4, 1898, Carbondale, Illinois, United States
Died
December 25, 1940, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Height
5' 3" (1.6 m)
Profession
Actress
Spouse
S. Manuel Reachi (m. 1924–1927), Frank P. Schuker (m. 1921–1921)
Parents
Emma Slack Henkel, Solon Henkel
Siblings
Solon William Henkel
Star Sign
Aries
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[on Cecil B. DeMille] He is in a class by himself. I have never worked under a greater artist, and I never expect to. To have him suggest a scene clarifies the action perfectly. To have him criticize opens the way to better acting. He is quiet, moderate, thoughtful. He doesn't shriek and tear his hair and shout: "Camera!" He builds wonderful photo plays.
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[on Forbidden Fruit (1921)] What more could one ask of a scenario?
She was nicknamed "The O. Henry Girl" because she appeared in so many two-reel films based on O. Henry short stories for Vitagraph.
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Her first big break at Vitagraph came when Alice Joyce noticed Agnes' resemblance to herself and had her cast in a minor part as her sister in Richard the Brazen (1917).
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Like Gloria Swanson, she was discovered while on tour at Essanay's Chicago studios.
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She lost much of her fortune in the 1929 stock market crash.
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While under contract with Essanay Pictures in the 1910s, she shared a dressing room with Gloria Swanson.
$950,000
