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    Fontaine La Rue

    1897-12-01 (127 years old) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

    Matilda Fernández, stage name Fontaine La Rue (July 18, 1890 in Hermosillo, Mexico – September 13, 1964) was an American silent film actress appearing in films from 1918 to 1929. Her career ended with the advent of talkies. She was one of seven children born to Diego and Carlotta Monreal Fernandez. After immigrating to the United States in 1907, Matilda married Victor Garcia Rojas. The couple had three children, Victor Paul, Matilda Garcia, and Victoria Grace. After the couple divorced, Matilda entered show business. She got her start on stage as a toe dancer and in musical comedy. She toured with the Trimble Musical Comedy Company in 1914 before breaking into films the following year in comedy shorts for Keystone. She first used the name Dora Rodgers, but reinvented herself with the name Fontaine La Rue, tiring of playing vamps. On occasions she would switch between the names. Notably she appeared in the lost film, A Blind Bargain with Lon Chaney. After a lengthy love affair with actor Nelson McDowell, Fontaine married real estate broker Wayne Hancock and retired from the screen. The Keystone Vamp died of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia on September 13, 1964, at UCLA Medical Center.

    Movies

    actor
    Flyin' Thru
    0 %|Dec 1, 1925
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    Love on the Rio Grande
    0 %|Jul 25, 1925
    Western
    actor
    The Torrent
    0 %|Aug 1, 1924
    Drama
    poster
    Unseen Hands
    0 %|May 25, 1924
    Horror
    actor
    The Showdown
    0 %|May 14, 1923
    Western
    poster
    The Love Letter
    0 %|Feb 9, 1923
    Crime, Drama
    poster
    A Blind Bargain
    60 %|Dec 3, 1922
    Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
    poster
    Oh, Mabel Behave
    0 %|Jun 20, 1922
    poster
    The Bear Cat
    0 %|Apr 3, 1922
    Western
    actor
    The Secret Code
    0 %|Feb 28, 1922
    Western, Thriller
    poster
    The Great Impersonation
    0 %|Oct 9, 1921
    Drama
    poster
    Beyond
    0 %|Sep 4, 1921
    Drama
    poster
    The Lost Romance
    0 %|May 8, 1921
    Drama
    actor
    The Faith Healer
    0 %|Mar 13, 1921
    Drama
    poster
    The Sins of Rosanne
    0 %|Nov 7, 1920
    Drama
    poster
    A Prohibition Monkey
    0 %|Sep 13, 1920
    Comedy
    poster
    Human Stuff
    0 %|Jun 28, 1920
    Western
    poster
    The Isle of Love
    50 %|Apr 10, 1920
    Drama, Comedy
    poster
    The Man Beneath
    60 %|Jul 5, 1919
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    Boots
    0 %|Feb 16, 1919
    Comedy
    poster
    Borrowed Clothes
    0 %|Nov 4, 1918
    Drama
    actor
    Who Killed Walton?
    0 %|Apr 14, 1918
    actor
    Did She Do Wrong?
    0 %|Mar 10, 1918
    Comedy
    actor
    Wronged by Mistake
    0 %|Feb 10, 1918
    Comedy
    poster
    Cactus Nell
    0 %|Jun 3, 1917
    Comedy
    actor
    His Naughty Thought
    0 %|May 6, 1917
    Comedy
    poster
    Stolen Magic
    0 %|Nov 28, 1915
    Comedy
    poster
    Mabel Lost and Won
    62 %|Jun 2, 1915
    Comedy
    poster
    Love, Loot and Crash
    47 %|Apr 23, 1915
    Comedy, Action
    actor
    Droppington's Family Tree
    50 %|Apr 11, 1915
    poster
    The Home Breakers
    0 %|Feb 1, 1915
    Comedy
    poster
    Peanuts and Bullets
    50 %|Jan 12, 1915
    Comedy

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