Eileen Percy (21 August 1902 – 29 July 1973) was an Irish-born American actress of the

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. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1917 and 1933.

Biography

Born in

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in August 1902, Percy lived in Brooklyn, New York, briefly in 1903 before returning to Belfast. She came back to Brooklyn at age nine, attending a convent school there. After graduating from the convent, she became a model for artists, including

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. Some of the pictures for which she posed were used for magazine covers. After her film career ended, Percy became a staff correspondent for the ''

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''. In 1919, Percy married Ulrich Busch. They divorced in 1930. Her second husband from 1936 was songwriter Harry Ruby. She died in

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, in 1973. Her remains are buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. She was portrayed by Arlene Dahl in '' Three Little Words'' (1950).

Partial filmography

* '' Down to Earth'' (1917) * '' The Man from Painted Post'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' Reaching for the Moon'' (1917) * '' Hitting the High Spots'' (1918) * '' The Gray Horizon'' (1919) * '' Told in the Hills'' (1919) * '' In Mizzoura'' (1919) * '' Some Liar'' (1919) * '' The Beloved Cheater'' (1919) * '' Brass Buttons'' (1919) * '' Desert Gold'' (1919) * '' Where the West Begins'' (1919) * '' One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day'' (1919) * '' The Third Eye'' (1920) * '' The Land of Jazz'' (1920) * '' Hickville to Broadway'' (1921) * '' Big Town Ideas'' (1921) * '' Why Trust Your Husband?'' (1921) * '' The Flirt'' (1922) * '' The Fast Mail'' (1922) * '' Elope If You Must'' (1922) * '' The Flirt'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' East Side - West Side'' (1923) * '' The Fourth Musketeer'' (1923) * '' Yesterday's Wife'' (1923) * '' Let's Go'' (1923) * '' Tongues of Flame'' (1924) * '' Missing Daughters'' (1924) * '' Souls for Sables'' (1925) * '' Under the Rouge'' (1925) * '' The Shadow on the Wall'' (1925) *'' Fine Clothes'' (1925) * '' The Unchastened Woman'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Phantom Bullet'' (1926) * '' That Model from Paris'' (1926) * '' Lovey Mary'' (1926) *''

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'' (1927) * '' Backstage'' (1927) * '' Twelve Miles Out'' (1927) * '' Spring Fever'' (1927) * '' The Broadway Hoofer'' (1929) * '' Wicked'' (1931) * ''First Aid'' (1942)

References

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