Adrienne Ames (born Ruth Adrienne McClure;[1] August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947) was an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as Adrienne Truex.[2][3]
Adrienne Ames | |
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| Born | Ruth Adrienne McClure August 3, 1907 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 1947 (aged 39) New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Adrienne Truex Adrianne Ames |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1927–1940 |
| Spouses | Deward Truax (m. 1920; div. 1924)Stephen Ames (m. 1929; div. 1933) |
| Children | 1 |
Early years
Ames was born in Fort Worth, Texas, one of six children of Samuel Hugh McClure and Flora Parthenia (née Potter) McClure.[citation needed]
Career
Film
Ames began her film career in 1927 as a stand-in for Pola Negri.[4] 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). She 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).
Radio
Ames left Hollywood for New York. In 1941, she was hostess of two talk shows on station WHN in New York City.[5] Her schedule included broadcasts at noon and 3:30 p.m. six days a week and 7:30 p.m. broadcasts on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.[6] She continued broadcasting until two weeks before her death in 1947.[5]
Television
In December 1941, Ames began a weekly series of movie-review programs on WNBT in New York City. The 10-minute programs ran on Tuesday afternoons.[7]
Personal life
Ames was married three times. In 1920, while still a teenager, she married Derward Dumont Truax, the son of an oil businessman. They had a daughter, and divorced in 1924.[8] A later marriage to broker Stephen Ames ended in divorce on October 30, 1933.[9] Her last marriage, on October 31, 1933, was to fellow actor Bruce Cabot; they divorced on July 24, 1935.[10]
Death
Ames died of cancer on May 31, 1947, in New York City, aged 39.[11] She is interred in the Oakwood Cemetery in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.[12]
For her contributions to the film industry, Ames has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1612 Vine Street. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Sally | Bit Part | Uncredited |
| 1931 | The Road to Reno | Unhappy Divorcee | Uncredited |
| 24 Hours | Ruby Wintringham | ||
| Girls About Town | Anne | ||
| Working Girls | Bit | Uncredited | |
| Husband's Holiday | Myrtle | ||
| 1932 | Two Kinds of Women | Jean Mars | Uncredited |
| Sinners in the Sun | Claire Kinkaid | ||
| Merrily We Go to Hell | Claire Hempstead | ||
| Guilty as Hell | Vera Marsh | ||
| The Death Kiss | Marcia Lane | ||
| 1933 | From Hell to Heaven | Joan Burt | |
| Broadway Bad | Aileen | ||
| A Bedtime Story | Paulette | ||
| Disgraced! | Julia Thorndyke | ||
| The Avenger | Ruth Knowles | ||
| 1934 | George White's Scandals | Barbara Loraine | |
| You're Telling Me! | Princess Lescaboura | ||
| The Old Fashioned Way | Girl in audience | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Gigolette | Kay Parrish | |
| Black Sheep | Mrs. Millicent Caldwell Bath | ||
| Woman Wanted | Betty Randolph | ||
| Ladies Love Danger | Adele Michel | ||
| Abdul the Damned | Therese Alder | ||
| Harmony Lane | Jane McDowell | ||
| 1938 | City Girl | Vivian Ross | Uncredited |
| Fugitives for a Night | Eileen Baker | Credited as Adrianne Ames | |
| Slander House | Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith | ||
| 1939 | Panama Patrol | Lia Maing | |
| The Zero Hour | Susan | ||
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Lola Estermonte | Scenes cut |
References
External links
- Adrienne Ames at IMDb
- Adrienne Ames at AllMovie
- Adrienne Ames at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Private Life and Times of Adrienne Ames
- Adrienne Ames at Virtual History
