Fontaine La Rue
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1890
- Died
- September 13, 1964 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Biography
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.
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Filmography
West of the Rockies
Movie · as Celia de la Costa
Gold from Weepah
Movie · as Pearl
His New York Wife
Movie · as Julia Hewitt
Flyin' Thru
Movie · as Sybil
Love on the Rio Grande
Movie
Unseen Hands
Movie · as Madame Le Quintrec
The Torrent
Movie · as Dancing Girl
Trigger Fingers
Movie · as Wetona
Daughters of Today
Movie · as Mrs. Mantell
The Love Letter
Movie
The Showdown
Movie
The Social Buccaneer
Movie
The Bear Cat
Movie · as Mary Lang
A Blind Bargain
Movie · as Mrs. Lamb
Oh, Mabel Behave
Movie · as The Barmaid
The Secret Code
Movie
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
Movie
The Dangerous Little Demon
Movie · as Helene Westley
The Isle of Love
Movie
The Faith Healer
Movie · as Mary Beeler
The Great Impersonation
Movie · as Princess Eiderstrom
The Lost Romance
Movie · as Elizabeth Erskine
Beyond
Movie · as Mrs. Langley
Exit the Vamp
Movie · as Mrs. Willy Strong
Human Stuff
Movie · as Boka
An Adventuress
Movie
A Prohibition Monkey
Movie
The Sins of Rosanne
Movie · as Rachel Bangat
Two Kinds of Love
Movie · as Sita
Boots
Movie · as Mme. De Valdee
The Man Beneath
Movie · as Countess Petite Florence
The Woman Under Cover
Movie · as Yvonne Leclaire
Borrowed Clothes
Movie · as Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
Did She Do Wrong?
Movie
Who Killed Walton?
Movie · as Elsa Armytage
Wronged by Mistake
Movie
Cleopatsy
Movie · as Cleopatsy (as Dora Rogers)
Cactus Nell
Movie · as The Gent's Accomplice
His Naughty Thought
Movie · as Babe Delores
Stolen Magic
Movie · as Secondary Supporting Role
Droppington's Family Tree
Movie · as Cabaret Dancer
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Movie · as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Love, Loot and Crash
Movie · as Mary, The Banker's Daughter
Peanuts and Bullets
Movie · as The Maid They All Love
The Home Breakers
Movie · as Mts. Walrus
Mabel Lost and Won
Movie · as Mabel's Rival