Constance Binney

Constance Binney
Born	June 28, 1896(1896-06-28) New York City, New York
Died	November 15, 1989(1989-11-15) (aged 93) Whitestone, Queens, New York
Occupation	Stage, film actress
Spouse	Leonard Cheshire

Constance Binney (June 28, 1896 – November 15, 1989) was an American stage and film actress and dancer.

Born in New York City, Constance 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 1917 and the following year appeared with her actress sister, Faire Binney(1898–1957), in the Maurice Tourneur silent film, Sporting Life based on the play by Cecil Raleigh and Seymour Hicks. In 1919, she starred opposite John Barrymore in The Test of Honor.

Although Constance Binney left the film business in 1923, her contribution to the industry was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.

Constance Binney last performed on Broadway in 1924. She appeared on stage in London and in 1941 married the British war hero, Leonard Cheshire who was twenty-one years her junior. However, this marriage was short-lived.

Constance Binney died in 1989 in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, aged 93.

Partial Filmography

• The Sporting Life (1918) (* with sister Faire Binney)
• The Test of Honor (1919)
• Erstwhile Susan (1919)
• The Stolen Kiss (1920)
• 39 East (1920)
• Something Different (1920)
• Such a Little Queen (1921)
• The Case of Becky (1921)
• A Bill of Divorcement (1922)

External links

• Constance Binney at the Internet Broadway Database
• Constance Binney at the Internet Movie Database
• Constance Binney at AllRovi
• passport portrait of Constance Binney

Persondata
Name	Binney, Constance
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	June 28, 1896
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death	November 15, 1989
Place of death	Whitestone, Queens, New York