Renée Adorée

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Renée Adorée (ca.1922)

Renée Adorée , nee Jeanne de la Fonte , (born September 30, 1898 in Lille , France , † October 5, 1933 in Tujunga , California , USA ) was a French actress.

Life

As the daughter of a circus artist couple, she performed in the arena at the age of five and toured Europe with various theater groups as a teenager.

When the First World War broke out , she was on tour in Russia. From there she fled via London to the USA to New York City , where she found a new field of activity in the emerging film business. She got her stage name Renée Adorée from the film studio for which she played her first film role. She became known to a wide audience through commercially very successful films such as The Great Parade (1925), the role of Musette in La Bohème (1926) and The Lady Behind the Curtain (1928).

In 1921 she married the actor Tom Moore , with whom she also directed the film Made in Heaven , after only six weeks of acquaintance in Beverly Hills, but the marriage lasted only three years. In 1927 she married William Sherman Gill, but this marriage also failed early and was divorced after two years.

In 1930 Renée Adorée fell ill with tuberculosis . She received treatment at a sanatorium in Prescott , Arizona , and left when she was recovering in 1933 to reappear in front of the camera. Shortly thereafter, however, her health deteriorated rapidly and she died on October 5, 1933 in Tujunga , California, shortly after her 35th birthday.

On February 1, 1960, a star on the Walk of Fame (1601 Vine Street) was dedicated to her.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1918: 500 pounds reward
  • 1921: Made in Heaven
  • 1925: The Big Parade ( The Big Parade )
  • 1925: Two people are looking for a pastor ( Excuse Me )
  • 1926: The Burning Forest ( The Flaming Forest )
  • 1926: La Bohème ( La Boheme )
  • 1926: The Raven of London ( The Blackbird )
  • 1928: Forbidden Hours ( Forbidden Hours )
  • 1928: The Lady Behind the Curtain ( A Certain Young Man )
  • 1929: The Song of the South Seas ( The Pagan )
  • 1929: Gold hunter in California ( Tide of Empire )
  • 1930: The Singer of Seville ( Call of the Flesh )
  • 1930: Redemption

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 34.

Web links

Commons : Renée Adorée  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Renée Adorée at walkofame.com
personal data
SURNAME Adorée, Renée
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Fonte, Jeanne de (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille , France
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1933
Place of death Tujunga , California , USA