AGNES AYRES ,SILENT ERA ACTRESS 1891 APRIL 4 -1940 DECEMBER 25
AGNES AYRES ,SILENT ERA ACTRESS 1891 APRIL 4 -1940 DECEMBER 25 Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Eyre Henkel ; April 4, 1891 [ citation needed ] – 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 opposite Rudolph Valentino . Early life and career [ edit ] Agnes Eyre Henkel was born on April 4, 1891, in Carbondale, Illinois , the second child to Solon Augustus Henkel and Emma Slack Rendleman. She had an older brother, Solon William Henkel. After her father's death, her mother remarried to Franklin "Frank" Rendleman, a farmer, in 1895. [ citation needed ] She left school after completing the 8th grade, [ citation needed ] and the family moved to Chicago when Ayres was a teenager. She had ambitions to study law, and in 1910 she was working as a bookkeeper. [ citation needed ] She began her career in 1914 when she ...