Adrienne Ames
Born: 1907-08-03 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Died: 1947-05-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adrienne Ames (August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947) was an American film actress. Born Adrienne Ruth McClure in Fort Worth, Texas, Ames began her film career in 1927 as a stand-in for Pola Negri. Ames was soon cast in small film roles in silent films. With the advent of talking pictures, Ames' popularity grew and she was usually cast as society women, or in musicals. She made thirty films during the 1930s with her biggest success in George White's Scandals (1934), a film which was also notable as the debut of Alice Faye. Ames also appeared with the three leading men from the 1931 version of Dracula (Bela Lugosi, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan) in The Death Kiss (1932). By the end of the decade Ames' popularity had diminished and, discouraged, she left Hollywood for New York. In 1941 she became a radio personality, headlining a talk show on station WHN in New York City. Her program was successful, and was scheduled regularly until just before her death in 1947. Ames was married three times, including to actor Bruce Cabot from 1933 until 1937. Ames died of cancer on May 31, 1947 in New York City. She is interred in the Oakwood Cemetery in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Adrienne Ames has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1612 Vine Street. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adrienne Ames, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1939
- Panama Patrol as Lia Maing
- The Zero Hour as Susan Pendleton
1938
- City Girl as Vivian Ross
- Slander House as Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith
- Fugitives for a Night as Eileen Baker
1935
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Harmony Lane as Jane McDowell
- Woman Wanted as Betty
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
- Abdul the Damned as Therese, Viennese Operetta Star
- Gigolette as Kay Parrish
- Ladies Love Danger
- Black Sheep as Millicent Caldwell Bath
1934
- George White's Scandals as Barbara Loraine
- You're Telling Me! as Princess Lescaboura
1933
- Broadway Bad as Aileen
- A Bedtime Story as Paulette
- From Hell to Heaven as Joan Burt
- The Avenger as Ruth Knowles
- Disgraced! as Julia Thorndyke
1932
- Sinners in the Sun as Claire Kinkaid
- The Death Kiss as Marcia Lane
- Guilty as Hell as Vera Marsh
1931
- 24 Hours as Ruby Wintringham
- Working Girls as Bit (uncredited)
- Husband's Holiday as Myrtle
- Girls About Town as Anne - Party Girl (uncredited)
- The Road to Reno as Unhappy Divorcee
1930
- Sally as Undetermined Role (uncredited)