Constance Binney (June 28, 1896 â€" November 15, 1989) was an American
stage and film actress and dancer.Born in New York City, Binney was
educated at Westover School, a private college preparatory boarding
school for girls in Middlebury, Connecticut, and in Paris, France. She
made her Broadway theatre debut in Saturday to Monday (1917) and the
following year appeared with her actress sister, Faire Binney
(1898â€"1957), in the Maurice Tourneur silent film, Sporting Life, her
film debut. In 1919, she starred opposite John Barrymore in The Test
of Honor.[citation needed] Her other Broadway credits included Oh,
Lady! Lady! (1918), 39 East (1919), and Sweet Little Devil
(1924).Modern assessment of her career is limited as most of her films
are now lost, with only two of her films surviving in a complete form,
Erstwhile Susan and The Case of Becky, along with a single reel of
First Love.
stage and film actress and dancer.Born in New York City, Binney was
educated at Westover School, a private college preparatory boarding
school for girls in Middlebury, Connecticut, and in Paris, France. She
made her Broadway theatre debut in Saturday to Monday (1917) and the
following year appeared with her actress sister, Faire Binney
(1898â€"1957), in the Maurice Tourneur silent film, Sporting Life, her
film debut. In 1919, she starred opposite John Barrymore in The Test
of Honor.[citation needed] Her other Broadway credits included Oh,
Lady! Lady! (1918), 39 East (1919), and Sweet Little Devil
(1924).Modern assessment of her career is limited as most of her films
are now lost, with only two of her films surviving in a complete form,
Erstwhile Susan and The Case of Becky, along with a single reel of
First Love.
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