Fontaine La Rue

Fontaine La Rue

Birthday: 1897-12-01

Deathday: 1964-09-13

Place of birth: Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0479007

Biography:

Matilda Fernández, stage name Fontaine La Rue (July 18, 1890 in Hermosillo, Mexico – September 13, 1964) was an American silent film actress appearing in films from 1918 to 1929. Her career ended with the advent of talkies. She was one of seven children born to Diego and Carlotta Monreal Fernandez. After immigrating to the United States in 1907, Matilda married Victor Garcia Rojas. The couple had three children, Victor Paul, Matilda Garcia, and Victoria Grace. After the couple divorced, Matilda entered show business. She got her start on stage as a toe dancer and in musical comedy. She toured with the Trimble Musical Comedy Company in 1914 before breaking into films the following year in comedy shorts for Keystone. She first used the name Dora Rodgers, but reinvented herself with the name Fontaine La Rue, tiring of playing vamps. On occasions she would switch between the names. Notably she appeared in the lost film, A Blind Bargain with Lon Chaney. After a lengthy love affair with actor Nelson McDowell, Fontaine married real estate broker Wayne Hancock and retired from the screen. The Keystone Vamp died of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia on September 13, 1964, at UCLA Medical Center.

Played in movies:

Mabel Lost and Won

Score: 6.2

The Man Beneath

Score: 6.0

A Blind Bargain

Score: 6.0

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

Score: 5.9

Peanuts and Bullets

Score: 5.0

Droppington's Family Tree

Score: 5.0

The Isle of Love

Score: 5.0

Love, Loot and Crash

Score: 4.7

The Dangerous Little Demon

Score: 0.0

Trigger Fingers

Score: 0.0

Wronged by Mistake

Score: 0.0

The Showdown

Score: 0.0

Who Killed Walton?

Score: 0.0

The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy

Score: 0.0

The Secret Code

Score: 0.0

Did She Do Wrong?

Score: 0.0

The Love Letter

Score: 0.0

Oh, Mabel Behave

Score: 0.0

Love on the Rio Grande

Score: 0.0

Beyond

Score: 0.0

The Sins of Rosanne

Score: 0.0

His Naughty Thought

Score: 0.0

The Home Breakers

Score: 0.0

A Prohibition Monkey

Score: 0.0

The Torrent

Score: 0.0

The Lost Romance

Score: 0.0

The Great Impersonation

Score: 0.0

Boots

Score: 0.0

The Faith Healer

Score: 0.0

Stolen Magic

Score: 0.0

The Bear Cat

Score: 0.0

Flyin' Thru

Score: 0.0

Human Stuff

Score: 0.0

Unseen Hands

Score: 0.0

Cactus Nell

Score: 0.0

Borrowed Clothes

Score: 0.0

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