Eleanor Boardman
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Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress of the silent era, married to film director King Vidor.
Personal life
Boardman was married to film director King Vidor,: 111 with whom she had two daughters, Antonia and Belinda. They married in 1926 and were divorced on April 11, 1933. Fellow actors John Gilbert and Greta Garbo had allegedly planned a double wedding with them, but Garbo broke the plans at the last minute.: 111
On May 23, 1929, a federal grand jury returned an indictment that charged Boardman with evading income tax payments in 1925, 1926, and 1927. Simultaneously, an information filed in federal court accused Vidor of income tax evasion in 1925 and 1926. J. Marjorie Berger, an income tax counselor in Hollywood, had earlier been indicted on charges of preparing a false income tax return for the couple for 1925.
Boardman's second husband was Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, to whom she was married from 1940. She divided her time between the United States and their chateau in the Pyrenees Mountains. After her husband's death in 1968, she permanently relocated back to the United States, where she settled into Montecito, California, living in a house she designed.
Early life and career
Olive Eleanor Boardman was born on August 19, 1898, the youngest child to George W. Boardman and Janice Merriam "Jennie" Stockman Boardman. Merriam and Esther were her two older sisters. She was first employed as a builder in 1920.
Boardman, a Philadelphia native, had appeared on stage but lost her voice while playing in The National Anthem. She later entered a national competition for new actors and actresses for silent films. "New Face of 1922" was selected from a field of 1,000 competitors by Goldwyn Pictures. Her first screen test was a failure, but a second attempt culminated in a job. She was the lead in Souls for Sale in 1923 after several years of successful support roles. Boardman's increasing success was highlighted by her inclusion on the WAMPAS Baby Stars list this year.
During her career, she appeared in more than 30 films, including her best success in director King Vidor's The Crowd (1928). Her role in that film is widely known as one of the best performances in American silent film. She left MGM in 1932 after some success with sound films. The Three Cornered Hat, which was made in Spain in 1935, was her last film. She resigned from acting and retreated from Hollywood after that film. She made her first appearance in an interview with Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's British documentary film Hollywood (1980).