Eulalie Jensen
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Eulalie Jensen was an actress on the New York stage and in silent film
Silent film
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Born in Chicago
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, she was selected as one of six extra girls from the 200 applicants responding to a New York newspaper ad inserted by Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage and early film actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known". Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas...

. The famed actress was making a visit to New York City. At this time Miss Jensen was completely unknown, but this was the beginning of her film career. A number of years of stage experience enabled Jensen to become a fine emotional actress. Her stage engagements included a role in The Million at the 39th St. Theatre. This was a four-act farce by M.M. Ber and Guille Ward. The show was also featured in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
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 at the Hyperion Theatre. Both productions were in 1911.

In 1912 Eulalie wired the managers of the Panama-Pacific Exposition of her candidacy for the model of the Spirit of the Golden Gate. The event was to be in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
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 in 1915. She was selected as the model for the decorative design of the St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
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 exposition in 1904. Miss Jensen denied she was the most beautiful woman in America. She believed her features "adapted for decorative design".

Her film career began in 1914 with eight films. Among these were Eve's Daughter, Maria's Sacrifice, The Moonstones of Fez, My Official Wife, and Romantic Josie. Jensen made The Goddess (1915) at the old Vitagraph studio in New York. She became known for her vivid character portrayals. She played a Salvation Army
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 worker and a bird woman among many others. The latter character was a prominent member of the cast of Freckles (1928). The film was adapted from the novel by Gene Stratton-Porter
Gene Stratton-Porter
Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCalls...

. Eulalie's film career continued into the sound medium with her final films, A Lost Lady
(1934) and Society Doctor (1935).

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