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Eileen Dennes

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Eileen Dennes
Born(1898-02-01)1 February 1898
Died22 January 1991(1991-01-22) (aged 92)
OccupationActress

Eileen Dennes (1 February 1898 – 22 January 1991) was an Irish-born actress of the silent era.[1]

Early life and career

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Eileen Dennes was born Eileen Amhurst Cowen on 1 February 1898 in Dublin, Ireland.

She began on the stage in the early 1910s. After travelling to Hollywood in 1917, she found work at the Empire Al Star Film Company and was offered the role of Ethel Fielding in her first film The Unforseen (1917) alongside Olive Tell. She made one more film in Hollywood with Tell that year titled Her Sister.

Dennes then decided to find work in England; it was there that Cecil Hepworth offered her a contract and, in 1919, she appeared in her first English film as Bessie Saxton in Sheba starring Alma Taylor. She was later given the chance at starring roles in films such as Once Aboard the Lugger (1920), Mr. Justice Raffles (1921), and, once again with Alma Taylor, The Pipes of Pan (1923).

The final film that she worked on with Hepworth was Comin' Thro the Rye in 1923. She then worked with Fred LeRoy Granville a year later in his film The Sins Ye Do. Dennes' last film appearance was in 1925 as Lucy in The Squire of Long Hadley, appearing alongside Brian Aherne.

Dennes died 22 January 1991 in Hungerford, Berkshire, at the age of 92.

Selected filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1917 The Unforseen Ethel Fielding
Her Sister Jane Alderson
1919 Sheba Bessie Saxton
The Forest on the Hill Audrey Leaman
1920 Alf's Button Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
Once Aboard the Lugger Mary Humfray
John Forrest Finds Himself The Pet
Mrs. Erricker's Reputation Lady Lettice Erricker
Great Snakes
1921 The Tinted Venus Bella Parkinson
Wild Heather Dolly
Tansy Vicar's Daughter
Mr. Justice Raffles Camilla Belsize
Tit for Tat Clove
1923 The Pipes of Pan Enid Markham
Strangling Threads Miss Debb
Comin' Thro the Rye Sylvia Fleming
1924 The Sins Ye Do Lady Eslin
Peeps Into Puzzleland Mother Short film
A Dear Liar Short film
1925 The Squire of Long Hadley Lucy

References

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  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | DENNES, Eileen". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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