Agnes Ayres (real name Agnes Eyre Henkel) was an American actress. She was born in 1898 at Carbondale, Illinois and died in 1940 of a cerebral haemorrhage. She was an extremely popular silent film star of the early 1920s. Her popularity was enhanced when she co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1921 film 'Sheik' and the 1926 'Son Of The Sheik'. She made her screen debut at Essanay Studios in 1915. She was still at the height of her popularity until the advent of sound when she disappeared from the screen altogether returning one more time with a bit part in 'Souls At Sea' in 1937. Research Agnes Ayres