Adrienne Ames

Adrienne Ames

1907-08-03 – 1947-05-31 (age 39) Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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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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Slander House
Slander House

1938

as Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith

Working Girls
Working Girls

1931

as Bit (uncredited)

Gigolette
Gigolette

1935

as Kay Parrish

You're Telling Me!
You're Telling Me!

1934

as Princess Lescaboura

Girls About Town
Girls About Town

1931

as Anne - Party Girl (uncredited)

City Girl
City Girl

1938

as Vivian Ross

Fugitives for a Night
Fugitives for a Night

1938

as Eileen Baker

Husband's Holiday
Husband's Holiday

1931

as Myrtle

Ladies Love Danger
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals

1934

as Barbara Loraine

Black Sheep
Black Sheep

1935

as Millicent Caldwell Bath

Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted

1935

as Betty

The Death Kiss
The Death Kiss

1932

as Marcia Lane

Disgraced!
Disgraced!

1933

as Julia Thorndyke

The Road to Reno
The Road to Reno

1931

as Unhappy Divorcee

Abdul the Damned
Abdul the Damned

1935

as Therese, Viennese Operetta Star

Panama Patrol
Panama Patrol

1939

as Lia Maing

Guilty as Hell
Guilty as Hell

1932

as Vera Marsh

Harmony Lane
Harmony Lane

1935

as Jane McDowell