Eileen Dennes

Eileen Dennes
Born	(1898-02-01)1 February 1898 Dublin, Ireland
Died	22 January 1991(1991-01-22) (aged 92) Hungerford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress

Eileen Dennes (1 February 1898 – 22 January 1991) was an Irish-born actress of the silent era.^[1]

Early life and career

Eileen Dennes was born Eileen Amhurst Cowen on 1 February 1898 in Dublin, Ireland.

She began on the stage in the early 1910s. After travelling to Hollywood in 1917, she found work at the Empire Al Star Film Company and was offered the role of Ethel Fielding in her first film The Unforseen (1917) alongside Olive Tell. She made one more film in Hollywood with Tell that year titled Her Sister.

Dennes then decided to find work in England; it was there that Cecil Hepworth offered her a contract and, in 1919, she appeared in her first English film as Bessie Saxton in Sheba starring Alma Taylor. She was later given the chance at starring roles in films such as Once Aboard the Lugger (1920), Mr. Justice Raffles (1921), and, once again with Alma Taylor, The Pipes of Pan (1923).

The final film that she worked on with Hepworth was Comin' Thro the Rye in 1923. She then worked with Fred LeRoy Granville a year later in his film The Sins Ye Do. Dennes' last film appearance was in 1925 as Lucy in The Squire of Long Hadley, appearing alongside Brian Aherne.

Dennes died 22 January 1991 in Hungerford, Berkshire, at the age of 92.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1917	The Unforseen	Ethel Fielding
	Her Sister	Jane Alderson
1919	Sheba	Bessie Saxton
	The Forest on the Hill	Audrey Leaman
1920	Alf's Button	Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
	Once Aboard the Lugger	Mary Humfray
	John Forrest Finds Himself	The Pet
	Mrs. Erricker's Reputation	Lady Lettice Erricker
	Great Snakes
1921	The Tinted Venus	Bella Parkinson
	Wild Heather	Dolly
	Tansy	Vicar's Daughter
	Mr. Justice Raffles	Camilla Belsize
	Tit for Tat	Clove
1923	The Pipes of Pan	Enid Markham
	Strangling Threads	Miss Debb
	Comin' Thro the Rye	Sylvia Fleming
1924	The Sins Ye Do	Lady Eslin
	Peeps Into Puzzleland	Mother	Short film
	A Dear Liar		Short film
1925	The Squire of Long Hadley	Lucy

References

1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | DENNES, Eileen". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

External links

• Eileen Dennes at IMDb