Constance Binney
Constance Binney was an American stage and film actress and dancer.
Biography
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 and the following year appeared with her actress sister, Faire Binney, in the Maurice Tourneur silent film, Sporting Life, her film debut. In 1919, she starred opposite John Barrymore in The Test of Honor. Her other Broadway credits included Oh, Lady! Lady!, 39 East, and Sweet Little Devil.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.
Binney married Charles Edward Cotting, Jr, an investment banker, in Boston in 1926. They divorced in 1932.
Binney last performed on Broadway in 1924. She appeared on stage in London and in 1941, during the Second World War, married the British war hero, Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, who was twenty-one years her junior. However, this marriage was childless and the couple were estranged after the war ended, divorcing in 1951.
Death
Binney died in 1989 in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, aged 93.Legacy
Binney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located on the 6300 block of Hollywood Boulevard.Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
1918 | The Sporting Life | Norah Cavanagh | ||
1919 | The Test of Honor | Juliett Hollis | ||
1919 | Erstwhile Susan | Barnabetta Dreary | ||
1919 | The Stolen Kiss | Felicia Day / Octavia, her Mother | ||
1920 | 39 East | Penelope Penn | ||
1920 | Something Different | Alice Lea | ||
1921 | The Magic Cup | Mary Malloy | ||
1921 | Such a Little Queen | Anne Victoria Gzbfernigambia | ||
1921 | Room and Board | Lady Noreen | ||
1921 | The Case of Becky | Dorothy Stone | ||
1921 | First Love | Kathleen O'Donnel | ||
1922 | Midnight | Edna Morris | ||
1922 | The Sleepwalker | Sidney Fairfield | ||
1922 | A Bill of Divorcement | Doris Dumond | ||
1923 | Three O'Clock in the Morning | Elizabeth Winthrop |