Promising Beginnings William Wallace Halleck Reid was born into an acting family in 1891 in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother was an actress and his father James “Hal” Reid was a playwright and…

Humble Beginnings Eugenia or Amelia Eagles (later Jeanne Eagels) was born between 1888 and 1894 (depending who you ask). She was one of six children born to a poor carpenter in Kansas City,…