Renee Adoree

Actor

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Also Known As

Jeanne De La Fonte

Birth Place

France

Born

September 30, 1898

Died

October 05, 1933

Cause of Death

Tuberculosis

Biography

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Petite, large-eyed former Follies Bergere chorus girl who achieved international stardom after starring as the French woman John Gilbert leaves behind in King Vidor's "The Big Parade" (1925). Adoree died of tuberculosis at age 35....

Filmography

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Daydreams (1922)

Photos & Videos

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Best Friends (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Started Getting Cold In Arizona

Redemption (1930) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Afraid I'm A Barbarian

Family & Companions

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Tom Moore

Husband

Actor. Divorced in 1926.

William Sherman Gill

Husband

Los Angeles businessman. Married in 1926; divorced in 1929.

Biography

Petite, large-eyed former Follies Bergere chorus girl who achieved international stardom after starring as the French woman John Gilbert leaves behind in King Vidor's "The Big Parade" (1925). Adoree died of tuberculosis at age 35.

Filmography

Cast (Short)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Daydreams (1922)

Life Events

1903

Debut as circus performer; was an acrobat, equestrienne and clown

1918

Film debut in Australian film, "500 Pound Reward"

1918

Appeared in three musical comedies on the New York stage: "Oh Uncle", "O What a Girl" and "The Dancer and Sunny" during WWI

1920

Returned to America and was signed by Fox

1920

US film debut, "The Strongest"

1921

Starred opposite husband Tom Moore in "Made in Heaven"

1925

Achieved international stardom as lead in "The Big Parade"

1926

Teamed with John Gilbert in "La Boheme"

1927

Cast as a Chinese girl in "Mr. Wu"

1929

Talking film debut, "The Pagan Love Song"

1930

Last films, "The Call of the Flesh" and "Redemption"

1930

Contracted tuberculosis; lay flat on her back for two years at a Prescott, Arizona sanitarium to regain her health; eventually succumbed to the disease in 1933

Photo Collections

Diner - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Diner (1982), written and directed by Barry Levinson.

Videos

Best Friends (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Started Getting Cold In Arizona Married now but uneasy, in the screenplay by married Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson, screenwriters Richard and Paula (Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn) arrive in wintry Buffalo (on location, at the now-defunct but still-standing Central Terminal), meeting her parents, Barnard Hughes and Jessica Tandy, in Best Friends, 1982.

Redemption (1930) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Afraid I'm A Barbarian Still in the opening scene, Russian playboy Fedya (John Gilbert) revels with his Gypsy friends, especially Renée Adorée as Masha, when he’s distracted by Lisa (Eleanor Boardman) and old friend Victor (Conrad Nagel), in MGM’s Redemption 1930, remotely based on a Tolstoy play.

Rain Man (1988) -- (Movie Clip) There's Four Left In The Box Autistic Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and annoyed brother Charlie (Tom Cruise), at odds with the doctor from whom he's sort-of kidnapped the patient, have a strange encounter with waitress Sally (Bonnie Hunt) in director Barry Levinson's Diner, 1988.

Rain Man (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Have a Brother Car seller and general hustler Charlie (Tom Cruise) is trying to get his deceased father's money from Dr. Bruner (Gerald R. Molen) when psychiatric patient Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) appears in Barry Levinson's Rain Man, 1988.

Rain Man (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Walk Shooting in downtown Guthrie, Oklahoma, Charlie (Tom Cruise) is exasperated with his newly-discovered autistic-savant brother Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) to whom his estranged father left his estate, so, en route to California to dispute the will, decides to look for a psychiatrist, in Barry Levinson’s Rain Man, 1988.

Daughters Of The Dust (1991) -- (Movie Clip) I Am The First And The Last Following a prologue on the Gullah communities off South Carolina and Georgia, director Julie Dash explores island life, with Philadelphian Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce) and photographer Snead (Tommy Hicks) returning to visit cousins Yellow Mary (Barbara-O) and others, in Daughters Of The Dust, 1991.

Daughters Of The Dust (1991) -- (Movie Clip) This Is The Seed Time Of Life As family celebrations continue on St. Simons island, Georgia, 1902, cousin Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce), a fervent Christian visiting from Philadelphia, reads scripture as Yellow Mary visits with family matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day), in writer-producer-director Julie Dash’s Daughters Of The Dust, 1991.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Open, You Got A Gift Opening from director Barry Levinson, with Robert Redford in the title role, boarding a train, then a flashback, with Paul Sullivan as the young Roy, Robert Rich his father, Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry’s screenplay from the 1952 Bernard Malamud novel, from The Natural, 1984, with Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley and Robert Duvall.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) He Looks Wild At a rail stop, sportswriter Max (Robert Duvall) arranges a showdown between "The Whammer" (Joe Don Baker) and young Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), John Finnegan as "Sam," Barbara Hershey observing, in The Natural 1984.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Shoulda Been A Farmer Manager Pop (Wilford Brimley) with commentary from Bernard Malamud's original novel, assistant Red (Richard Farnsworth) supporting, meets middle aged rookie Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), in Barry Levinson's The Natural, 1984.

Best Friends (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Call Me That In a downtown LA wedding chapel, very tentative screenwriting couple Richard and Paula (Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn) have decided to tie the knot, finding the ever-screwy Richard Libertini ready to officiate, in Best Friends, 1982, by married screenwriters Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson.

Best Friends (1982) -- (Movie Clip) You Don't Have The Right Shoes? Norman Jewison directing, exteriors and interiors at the Warner Bros. studio, unmarried screenwriting couple Richard and Paula (Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn) arrive for their meeting with fussy producer Larry (Ron Silver), Peggy Walton-Walker his assistant, in the Valerie Curtin-Barry Levinson original, Best Friends, 1982.

Rain Man (1988) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Barry Levinson’s Rain Man, 1988, the #1 box office film of the year and winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and screenplay (Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow), from United Artists, also starring Tom Cruise.

Silent Movie - (Original Trailer) A film director struggles to produce a major silent feature film in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie (1976).

High Anxiety - (Original Trailer) Mel Brooks must come to terms with his own High Anxiety (1977) in this loving parody of the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Diner - (Original Trailer) A host of young future stars go to the Diner (1982), a nostalgic look at late 1950's Baltimore by writer/director Barry Levinson.

Natural, The - (Original Trailer) An overaged baseball player (Robert Redford) comes out of nowhere to save his team in The Natural (1984).

Companions

Tom Moore

Husband

Actor. Divorced in 1926.

William Sherman Gill

Husband

Los Angeles businessman. Married in 1926; divorced in 1929.

Bibliography

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