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Agnes Ayres

Born 4 April 1898 in Carbondale, Illinois, USA, as Agnes Eyre Henkle.
Died 25 December 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Agnes Ayres was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and began motion picture work in 1915 at Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. She is best-remembered for starring with Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik (1921).

References: MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11 : Website-IMDb.