Aileen Pringle

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

July 23, 1895

Died

December 16, 1989 (age 94)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Aileen Bisbee

Aileen Pringle

Biography

Aileen Pringle's favorite film was a mid-1920s silent based on a book by Elinor Glyn: Three Weeks (1924), sort of a "Lady Chatterly's Lover". She recalled in a 1980 telephone conversation: "The film was in good taste; some people thought the book was trashy". Anita Loos wrote in "A Girl Like I", the first volume of her autobiography, vaudeville comic Joe Frisco telling Glynn: "Leave me get this straight. You want to find some tramp that don't look like a tramp, to play that English tramp in your picture. But take it from me, that kind of tramp don't hang out in Hollywood". Aileen had spent her 20s married to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son of Sir John Pringle, a Jamaica landowner and a member of the Privy and Legislative Councils of Jamaica. Aileen lived in Jamaica until she went on stage with George Arliss. When she began divorce proceedings against Pringle in 1926, Hollywood gossip columnists speculated she would marry H.L. Mencken. She did not remarry until 1944 when she became the bride of James M. Cain, author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice". I opened my 1980 telephone conversation with Aileen by mentioning that the day before I had been reading her correspondence with Mencken at the New York Public Library. "But all the letters were destroyed", she said. I knew that Mencken had asked for all of his letters to her back at the time he became engaged to Sara Haardt. Aileen was the only woman who received such a request from Mencken at that time. "It was your letters from the late '30s and '40s I was reading", I told Aileen. "In one of them Mencken was urging you to write a book. Did you ever finish it?" "No. I got married instead." In a 1946 letter she wrote to Mencken. "If I had remained married to that psychotic Cain, I would be wearing a straitjacket instead of the New Look." Date of Death 16 December 1989, New York City, New York

Known For

Filmography

1944FilmLauraas Woman (uncredited)1944FilmSince You Went Awayas Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)1943FilmHappy Landas Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)1943FilmDr. Gillespie's Criminal Caseas Chaperon (uncredited)1942FilmBetween Us Girlsas Nightclub Patron (uncredited)1941FilmThey Died with Their Boots Onas Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)1941FilmAppointment for Loveas Nurse Gibbons (uncredited)1939FilmThe Night of Nightsas Dress Saleslady (uncredited)1939FilmThe Womenas Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited)1939FilmShould a Girl Marry?as Mrs. White1939FilmCalling Dr. Kildareas Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)1939FilmThe Hardys Ride Highas Miss Booth1938FilmToo Hot to Handleas Mrs. Arthur MacArthur (uncredited)1937FilmNothing Sacredas Mrs. Bullock (uncredited)1937FilmShe's No Ladyas Mrs. Douglas1937FilmThanks for Listeningas Lulu1937FilmJohn Meade's Womanas Mrs. Melton1937FilmThe Last of Mrs. Cheyneyas Lady Maria Frinton1937FilmCriminal Lawyeras Mrs. Manning (uncredited)1936FilmWanted: Jane Turneras Norris' Secretary (uncredited)1936FilmPiccadilly Jimas Paducah Pomeroy1936FilmThe Unguarded Houras Diana Roggers1936FilmWife vs. Secretaryas Mrs. Anne Barker (uncredited)1935FilmVanessa: Her Love Storyas Herries Servant1934FilmSons of Steelas Enid Chadburne1934FilmJane Eyreas Lady Blanche Ingram1934FilmLove Past Thirtyas Caroline Burt1933FilmBy Appointment Onlyas Diane Manners1932FilmThe Phantom of Crestwoodas Mrs. Walcott1932FilmThe Age of Consentas Barbara1932FilmPolice Courtas Diana McCormick1931FilmConvictedas Claire Norville1931FilmMurder at Midnightas Esme Kennedy1931FilmSubway Expressas Dale Tracy1930FilmSoldiers and Womenas Brenda Ritchie1930FilmPrince of Diamondsas Eve Marley1930FilmPuttin' on the Ritzas Mrs. Teddy Van Rennsler1929FilmWall Streetas Ann Tabor1929FilmNight Paradeas Paula Vernoff1929FilmA Single Manas Mary Hazeltine1928FilmDream of Loveas The Duchess1928FilmThe Baby Cycloneas Lydia1928FilmBeau Broadwayas Yvonne1928FilmWickedness Preferredas Kitty Dare1927FilmTea For Threeas Doris Langford1927FilmBody and Soulas Hilda1927FilmAdam and Evil1927FilmLife in Hollywood No. 7as Herself1926FilmTin Godsas Janet Stone1926FilmThe Great Deceptionas Lois1926FilmCamille: The Fate of a Coquetteas Estelle1925FilmThe Mysticas Zara1925FilmA Thief in Paradiseas Rosa Carmino1925FilmSoul Matesas Velma1925Film1925 Studio Touras Self1925FilmA Kiss in the Darkas Janet Livingstone1925FilmOne Year to Liveas Elsie Duchanier1924FilmThe Wife of the Centauras Inez Martin1924FilmHis Houras Tamara Loraine1924FilmTrue As Steelas Mrs. Eva Boutelle1924FilmThree Weeksas The Queen1924FilmName the Manas Isabelle1923FilmIn the Palace of the Kingas Princess Eboli1923FilmDon't Marry for Moneyas Edith Martin1923FilmSouls for Saleas Lady Jane1923FilmThe Tiger's Clawas Chameli Brentwood1923FilmThe Christianas Lady Robert Ure1922FilmThe Strangers' Banquetas Mrs. Schuyler-Peabody1922FilmMy American Wifeas Hortensia deVereta1922FilmOath-Boundas Alice1920FilmStolen Momentsas Inez Salles1920FilmEarthbound1920FilmThe Costas OliviaFilmThe Wilderness Womanas Juneau MacLean

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