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Eleanor Boardman
Actor
Female
Born
Aug 19, 1898
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pen...
Died
Dec 12, 1991
Death Place
Santa Barbara, Ca...
Eleanor Boardman was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies.
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1898
Birth
Born on August 19, 1898.
TWENTIES
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boardman was originally on stage but, after temporarily losing her voice, in 1922, she entered silent films.
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After several successful supporting roles, she played the lead in 1923's Souls for Sale.

1928
29 Years Old
She appeared in fewer than forty films during her career, achieving her greatest success in Vidor's The Crowd in 1928.
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THIRTIES
1935
36 Years Old
Unable to make the transition from silent to talking pictures, Boardman retired in 1935, and retreated from Hollywood.
FORTIES
1940
41 Years Old
Boardman's second husband was Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast to whom she was married from 1940 until his death in 1968.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1980
81 Years Old
Her only subsequent appearance was in an interview filmed for the Kevin Brownlow and David Gill documentary series Hollywood in 1980. Boardman was married to the film director King Vidor, with whom she had two daughters, Antonia (born 1927) and Belinda (born 1930). Their marriage lasted from 1926 until 1931.
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1991
93 Years Old
Died on December 12, 1991.
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