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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.
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Birth Name
Adrienne Ruth McClure
Born
Monday, 03 August 1903
Died
Saturday, 31 May 1947
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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I Take This Woman | Lola Estermonte | 1940 |
The Zero Hour | Susan / Susan Pendleton | 1939 |
Panama Patrol | Lia Maing | 1939 |
Slander House | Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith | 1938 |
Fugitives for a Night | Eileen Baker | 1938 |
City Girl | Vivian Ross | 1938 |
Ladies Love Danger | Adele Michel | 1936 |
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 1935 |
Harmony Lane | Jane McDowell | 1935 |
Abdul the Damned | Therese, Viennese Operetta Star / Therèse, Viennese Operetta Star | 1935 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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I Take This Woman | Lola Estermonte | 1940 |
The Zero Hour | Susan / Susan Pendleton | 1939 |
Panama Patrol | Lia Maing | 1939 |
Slander House | Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith | 1938 |
Fugitives for a Night | Eileen Baker | 1938 |
City Girl | Vivian Ross | 1938 |
Ladies Love Danger | Adele Michel | 1936 |
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 1935 |
Harmony Lane | Jane McDowell | 1935 |
Abdul the Damned | Therese, Viennese Operetta Star / Therèse, Viennese Operetta Star | 1935 |
Woman Wanted | Betty Randolph / Betty | 1935 |
Black Sheep | Mrs. Millicent Caldwell Bath / Millicent Caldwell Bath | 1935 |
Gigolette | Kay Parrish | 1935 |
You're Telling Me! | Princess Lescaboura | 1934 |
George White's Scandals | Barbara Loraine | 1934 |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self | 1933 |
The Avenger | Ruth Knowles | 1933 |
Disgraced | Julia Thorndyke | 1933 |
A Bedtime Story | Paulette de l'Enclos / Paulette | 1933 |
Broadway Bad | Aileen | 1933 |
From Hell to Heaven | Joan Burt | 1933 |
The Death Kiss | Marcia Lane | 1933 |
Guilty as Hell | Vera Marsh | 1932 |
Sinners in the Sun | Claire Kinkaid | 1932 |
Two Kinds of Women | Jean Mars | 1932 |
Husband's Holiday | Myrtle | 1931 |
Working Girls | Bit | 1931 |
Girls About Town | Anne - Party Girl | 1931 |
24 Hours | Ruby Wintringham | 1931 |
Sally | Undetermined Role | 1930 |