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

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Sunday, March 13, 2022. 10:30.
Constance Binney - American stage and film actress and dancer.

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Profile :




Born June 28, 1896, New York City, U.S.
Died November 15, 1989 (aged 93), New York City, U.S.
Occupation Actress

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Spouse(s)
Charles Edward Cotting, Jr. ​(m. 1926; div. 1932)​
Henry Wharton, Jr. ​(m. 1932; div. 1935)
​Leonard Cheshire ​(m. 1941; div. 1951)​
Relatives Faire Binney (sister)

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Introduction :



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

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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. Her father, Harold Osgood Binney and her mother, Gertrude Miles, were both from wealthy and socially connected families. A maternal uncle was Basil Miles of Philadelphia, American diplomat to Russia in the State Department during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. In 1934, she told a newspaper reporter, "I was born a society wench, and I've resented it ever since."




She made her Broadway theatre debut in Saturday to Monday (1917) 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! (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.




Binney married Charles Edward Cotting, Jr, a Boston banker, in Old Lyme, CT in 1926. They divorced in 1932. Two months later, she married Henry Wharton, Jr., at city hall in New York City. Wharton was a prominent Philadelphia attorney. That marriage also ended in divorce.




Binney last performed on Broadway in 1924. She appeared on stage in London and in 1941, during the Second World War, married the British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot, Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, later, Baron Cheshire, who was twenty years her junior. However, the marriage was childless, and the couple were estranged after the war ended, divorcing in 1951.




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Death :



Binney died in 1989 in White stone, Queens, New York City, aged 93.

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Legacy :




Binney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located on the 6300 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

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Filmography :



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Film poster
A Bill of Divorcement (1922)

Year Title Role Notes Ref.

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'Donnell


1922 Midnight Edna Morris



1922 The Sleepwalker Doris Dumond

1922 A Bill of Divorcement Sidney Fairfield






1923 Three O'Clock in the Morning Elizabeth Winthrop

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