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Adrienne Ames (1907–1947)

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Born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1907, Adrienne Ames hit Hollywood in the late 1920s. Although her career only lasted about 10 years, she crammed a lot of living into it, with high-profile marriages (and divorces) and her reputation as a clothes horse and glamor queen par excellance far outshone her reputation as an actress... See full bio »

Born:

Adrienne Ruth McClure
in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 39) in New York City, New York, USA
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1940 I Take This Woman
Lola Estermonte (scenes deleted)
 
1939 The Zero Hour
Susan
 
1939 Panama Patrol
Lia Maing
 
1938 Slander House
Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith
 
1938 Fugitives for a Night
Eileen Baker (as Adrianne Ames)
 
1938 City Girl
Vivian Ross
 
1935 Harmony Lane
Jane McDowell
 
1935 Ladies Love Danger
Adele Michel
 
1935 Abdul the Damned
Therese Alder
 
1935 Woman Wanted
Betty
 
1935 Black Sheep
Mrs. Millicent Caldwell Bath
 
1935 Gigolette
Kay Parrish
 
1934 You're Telling Me!
Princess Lescaboura
 
1934 George White's Scandals
Barbara Loraine
 
1933 The Avenger
Ruth Knowles
 
1933 Disgraced!
Julia Thorndyke
 
1933 A Bedtime Story
Paulette
 
1933 Broadway Bad
Aileen
 
1933 From Hell to Heaven
Joan Burt
 
1932 The Death Kiss
Marcia Lane
 
1932 Guilty as Hell
Vera Marsh
 
1932 Merrily We Go to Hell
Minor Role (unconfirmed)
 
1932 Sinners in the Sun
Claire Kinkaid
 
1932 Two Kinds of Women
Jean Mars (uncredited)
 
1931 Husband's Holiday
Myrtle
 
1931 Working Girls
Bit (uncredited)
 
1931 Girls About Town
Anne - Party Girl (uncredited)
 
1931 24 Hours
Ruby Wintryingham
 
1931 The Road to Reno
Unhappy Divorcee (uncredited)
 
1929 Sally
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
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1927 Hotel Imperial (stand-in: Pola Negri)
 
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1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (documentary short)
Herself
 
1935 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage actress and radio commentator.

Alternate Names:

Adrianne Ames

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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New York socialite and model. Glamour photographs of her so enticed a Paramount Pictures executive that she landed a contract without having to do a screen test. Essentially played herself on screen, bedecked in furs, satin and jewelry. In 1934 she filed for a $9,053 tax allowance for wardrobe expenses (today's equivalent of $146,000)... See more »

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