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Noted Actress Jeanne Eagels Dies of Alcoholic Psychosis
Theatrical star Jeanne Eagels, famed for Sadie Thompson in Rain, dies at 85 from alcoholic psychosis after convulsions in a private sanitarium. She had been preparing to return to Broadway following a 15 month hiatus and a prior Actors Equity suspension in 1928.
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Associated Press
W York
Jeanne Eagels
Sadie Thompson
Edward 8. Cowles
Thomas A. Gonzales
Gonzales
Miss Engels
St. Luke's Hospital
Actors’ Equity Association
St. Louis