Geena Davis

Geena Davis is a member of Mensa International with an IQ of 140. Eagels' performance in The Letter inspired many actors new to the medium of talking pictures, including Bette Davis who repeated the role in a 1940 remake of the film. Having attended school in Sweden as an exchange student, Davis speaks Swedish. The Oscar went to Mary Pickford for the film Coquette. In 1999 she placed 24th out of 28 semi-finalists in tryouts for the United States Olympic Archery team.
Eagels was posthumously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the The Letter. She had a C-section May 9, 2004 to deliver her twins, Kian William Jarrahy and Kaiis Steven Jarrahy. She was survived by her mother, Julia Eagles, and several brothers and sisters.

Reza Jarrahy since September 1, 2001, with whom she has one daughter, Alizeh (born April 10, 2002). In Kansas City, thousands of mourning fans were at the train station when her coffin was returned for interment in the local Calvary Cemetery. She is currently married to Dr. Three medical practitioners gave three different causes for her death, all of which pointed to alcohol and drug abuse. Her ex-husbands include Jeff Goldblum (with whom she co-starred in three films, including The Fly) from 1987-90, and Renny Harlin (who directed her in Cutthroat Island) from 1993-98.
Just before she was to return to the Broadway stage, Jeanne Eagels died suddenly at a hospital in New York City on October 3, 1929. Davis has been married four times, including her current marriage. Her performance in The Letter garnered high praise from critics.

She received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988) and a Best Actress nomination for her role in Thelma and Louise (1991).
The ban did not stop Eagels from working in film, and she made two "talkies" for Paramount Pictures, including The Letter and Jealousy (both released in 1929). She followed this up with roles in the short-lived television series Buffalo Bill (1983) and Sara (1985). In 1928, after failing to appear for a performance in Milwaukee, Eagels was banned by Actors Equity from appearing on stage for 18 months. She was working as a model when director Sydney Pollack spotted her, and cast her in Tootsie (1982) as a soap opera actress. She then went on tour with Her Cardboard Lover for several months. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979. She appeared opposite John Gilbert in Man, Woman and Sin, which was directed by Monta Bell and made at MGM studios in California.

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956 in Wareham, Massachusetts) is an American film actress. This play was a modest success, and after a season on Broadway, she took a break to make a movie. The Fly (1986). After much speculation about her next play, she chose a comedy Her Cardboard Lover (1927) in which she appeared on stage with Leslie Howard. Beetlejuice (1988).
For her next role, Eagels was offered the part of Roxie Hart in the play Chicago, but walked out of this role during rehearsals, possibly due to conflicts with the director. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988). They had no children together.

The Accidental Tourist (1988). The marriage was a stormy one and they divorced in 1928. Quick Change (1990).
During this period she married 'Ted' Edward Harris Coy (1925), a former Yale University football star. Thelma and Louise (1991). She went on tour with Rain for two more seasons, and returned to Broadway to give a farewell performance in 1926. A League of Their Own (1992). The house was packed nearly every night for two years.

Hero (1992). Critics raved about her tense, smoldering, and vivid performance. Speechless (1994). She played the character of Sadie Thompson, a free-wheeling and free-loving spirit who confronts a fire-and-brimstone preacher on a South Pacific island. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). She appeared in several other Broadway shows once she returned, but in 1922 she made her first appearance as a star in a bone fide hit- Rain. Stuart Little (1999). She had to quit this show due to illness (probably sinusitis) and she subsequently travelled to Europe.

Stuart Little 2 (2002). In 1918 she appeared in Daddies, a David Belasco production, and won even more notice. Eagels eventually won recognition and kudos playing opposite the stage actor George Arliss in three successive plays. In 1916 and 1917 she made three films for Thanhouser Film Corporation. Her acting career blossomed, and in 1914 she appeared in her first motion picture role.

Although she struggled for recognition as a dramatic actress, her beauty, talent and luck led to her getting bigger parts in better shows. She changed the spelling of her surname to "Eagels", allegedly because this spelling looked better in lights. At one point her acting coach was Beverly Sitgreaves, who had once shared the stage with the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt. She started out as a chorus girl and this led to appearances in the chorus of the Ziegfeld Follies (i.e., as a Ziegfeld Girl).

In or around 1911, she came to New York City and had to start at the bottom again. At first she was a dancer, but in time she went on to play the leading lady in several popular comedies and dramas put on by the Dubinskys. Her ambitions were such that she left Kansas City around the age of 12 and toured the Midwest with the Dubinsky Brothers' traveling theater show. It was there that she began her acting career, appearing in a variety of small venues at a very young age.

Born Amelia Jeannine Eagles in Kansas City, Missouri. Jeanne Eagels (June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. Jeanne Eagles page (http://www.jeanneeagels.com).