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Eileen Percy
Eileen Percy Famous Film Folk.jpg
Percy in 1925
Born (1902-08-21)21 August 1902
Belfast, Ireland
Died 29 July 1973(1973-07-29) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation Actress
Years active 1917–1933
Spouse(s)
  • Ulrich Busch
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1919; div. 1930)​
  • ​
    (m. 1936)​
Eileen Percy, in "The Flirt" (Mar 1923)
The Flirt (1922)

Eileen Percy was an actress from the time of silent films. She was born in Ireland in 1902 and passed away in 1973. Eileen acted in over 60 movies between 1917 and 1933.

About Eileen Percy

Eileen Percy was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1902. When she was very young, she lived in Brooklyn, New York, for a short time. She then moved back to Belfast. At age nine, she returned to Brooklyn and went to a special school called a convent.

After finishing school, Eileen became a model for artists. One famous artist she worked with was Charles Dana Gibson. Her pictures even appeared on magazine covers!

After her acting career, Eileen worked as a writer for a newspaper called the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Eileen Percy was married twice. Her first husband was Ulrich Busch. Later, she married Harry Ruby, who was a songwriter.

Eileen Percy passed away in Los Angeles, California, in 1973. Another actress, Arlene Dahl, played Eileen Percy in the movie Three Little Words in 1950.

Movies Eileen Percy Was In

Eileen Percy acted in many films during the silent movie era. Here are some of the movies she appeared in:

  • Down to Earth (1917)
  • The Man from Painted Post (1917)
  • Wild and Woolly (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)
  • The Prisoner (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)
  • Cobra (1925)
  • The Phantom Bullet (1926)
  • That Model from Paris (1926)
  • Lovey Mary (1926)
  • Burnt Fingers (1927)
  • Backstage (1927)
  • Twelve Miles Out (1927)
  • Spring Fever (1927)
  • Wicked (1931)
  • First Aid (1942)
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