Jeanne Eagels

Genre: biography

Year Published: 1957

Creator: George Sidney

Credits: Cast: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Agnes Moorehead

Description: Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. She becomes the understudy in a Broadway show and a star when she gets a chance to play the part. A once successful actress named Elsie Desmond wants to make a comeback in a new play, but Jeanne betrays her and takes the play for herself. She accepts a proposal from a ne'er-do-well named John Donahue, but both descend into alcoholism.

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