Eleanor Boardman Biography

Fast Facts

• Started out as a model for the Eastman Kodak Company, gaining recognition as the "Kodak Girl" from their advertising posters
• Got her start in film when she was invited to do a screen test with Goldwyn Pictures casting director Robert E․ McIntyre in 1922, appearing in her debut film "The Stranger's Banquet" that same year
• Quote: "Yes, The Crowd, The Crowd, it haunts me in the best ways, and I suppose when I pop off, I'll be kind of happy it is what's left behind․"
• Best known as a silent film actress who starred in "The Crowd" and "The Silent Accuser․"
• Worked as the Paris correspondent for Harper's Bazaar for a year during the 1960s
• Was named "The Most Outspoken Girl in Hollywood" by Movie Magazine in 1925
• Was a Western Associated Motion Picture Advertisers Baby star in 1922