Eileen Percy(1900-1973)
- Actress
Eileen Percy was born in Belfast, Ireland on August 21, 1900. She got
an early start in films when she landed the role of Ethel Forsythe in
1917's Down to Earth (1917). She was barely 17 years old. Eileen was kept busy as
the twenties rolled in with roles in The Third Eye (1920), Why Trust Your Husband (1921), Let's Go (1923), and
Tongues of Flame (1924). (Her sister Thelma, briefly, appeared in four films in 1920
and 1921). Eileen was one of those stars whose voice didn't translate
well into sound. She made only a few sound pictures with a bit part in
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932). Afterwards she retired from the silver screen. On July 29,
1973, Eileen died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. She was 72
years old.
