EAMES, CLARE

(1896-1930)

The actress was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and was trained by Sarah Cowell LeMoyne. Eames made her debut in 1918 at the Greenwich Village Theatre and rose quickly to stardom. She married playwright Sidney Howard in 1922 and createdleadingroles in hisLucky Sam McCarver(1925) andNed McCobb's Daughter(1926). She made her London stage debut in Howard'sThe Silver Cordin 1927. However, he divorced her for desertion in 1930 when she returned to London, where she died after a career of only 12 years.