Eileen Wilson Powell
{{short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eileen Wilson Powell
| image = Eileen Wilson in No More Blondes.jpg
| alt = A young smiling white woman with bobbed dark hair, wearing a light-colored long gown
| caption = Eileen Wilson Powell in No More Blondes
| other_names = Julie Powell
| birth_name = Julia Mary Tierney
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|4|19}}
| birth_place = New York City, NY, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|9|12|1894|4|19}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse(s) = {{marriage|William Powell|1915|1930|end=div}}
| children = William David Powell
| relatives =
}}
Eileen Wilson Powell (April 19, 1894 – September 12, 1942), born Julia Mary Tierney, was an American actress.
Early life
Julia Mary Tierney was born in New York City, the daughter of Thomas P. Tierney and Mary L. Hyde Tierney.{{Cite news |date=1942-09-13 |title=Eileen Wilson; Retired Actress Dies Here; Was First Wife of William Powell |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/09/13/archives/eileen-wilson-retired-actress-dies-fleremwas-first-wife-of-william.html |access-date=2022-08-28 |issn=0362-4331}}
Career
Wilson appeared in Broadway and touring shows, including Within the Law (1913),{{Cite book |last=Bryant |first=Roger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHn-VBnYaTgC&dq=Eileen+Wilson+Powell&pg=PA16 |title=William Powell: The Life and Films |date=2014-12-09 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5493-8 |pages=16, 144 |language=en}} A King of Nowhere (1916), The Love Drive (1917), In for the Night (1917),{{Cite journal |date=April 1917 |title=Herbert Yost and Eileen Wilson in the Farce 'In for the Night' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QERQAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Eileen+Wilson%22+actress&pg=PA438 |journal=Munsey's Magazine |volume=60 |pages=438}}{{Cite journal |date=January 20, 1917 |title=New Attractions for New York Playgoers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWtDAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Eileen+Wilson%22+actress&pg=RA2-PA7 |journal=Dramatic Mirror of the Stage and Motion Pictures |volume=77 |issue=1987 |pages=7}} No More Blondes (1920),{{Cite book |last=Mantle |first=Burns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rhEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eileen+Wilson+Powell&pg=PA413 |title=The Best Plays of 1919-1920: And the Year Book of the Drama in America |date=1920 |publisher=Small, Maynard |pages=413 |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Savage |first=C. Courtenay |date=February 1920 |title=The Theatre in Review: Comedies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psVZAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Eileen+Wilson%22+actress&pg=PA247 |journal=Forum |volume=63 |pages=247}} The Lady of the Lamp (1920),{{Cite journal |date=December 1920 |title=A Star and Two Leading Women |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMIOAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Eileen+Wilson%22+actress&pg=PA354 |journal=Theatre Magazine |volume=32}}{{Cite news |date=1920-08-08 |title=Eileen Wilson Engaged |pages=12 |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108520398/eileen-wilson-engaged/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |via=Newspapers.com}} East is West (1922),{{Cite news |date=1922-10-22 |title=President Players Hold Over 'East is West' for Another Week's Showing |pages=27 |work=The Washington Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108520586/president-players-hold-over-east-is/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |via=Newspapers.com}} Partners Again (1922), The Night Duel (1926), The Little Spitfire (1926-1927), Burlesque (1927–1928), and Peter Flies High (1931).
Personal life
Wilson was married to actor William Powell. They had a son, William David Powell,{{Cite news |date=1947-01-04 |title=Bill Powell's Son to Wed N. J. Girl |pages=277 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108521141/bill-powells-son-to-wed-n-j-girl/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |via=Newspapers.com}} who became a television writer and producer. The Powells separated soon after their son's birth in 1925,{{Cite journal |last=Powell |first=Bill Jr. |date=December 1947 |title=Life with My Father |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_photoplay_1947-12_32_1/page/n61/mode/2up?q=Eileen+Wilson+Powell |journal=Photoplay |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=60 |via=Internet Archive}} and finally divorced in 1930.{{Cite book |last=McLean |first=Adrienne L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBMXN0cUwKAC&dq=Eileen+Wilson+Powell&pg=PA224 |title=Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s |date=2011 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-4904-0 |pages=224 |language=en}} She died in New York City in 1942, aged 48 years, after a short illness.
References
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External links
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