Renee Adoree
1898 - 1933
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thank you
You made Hollywood what it is.
We still love and adore you.
God be with you.
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I love her so much. She is my idol, when i grow up i want to be just like her!!!
Chloe
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Renee Adoree, Who Were You, Cherie?
RENEE ADOREE
One of Cinema’s Early Sexy Actresses!
Renee Adoree was born Jeanne de la Fonte in Lille, France on September 30, 1898. Renee had what one could call a normal childhood. Her background is, perhaps, one of the most difficult to find information on any actress in existence. What we do know that her interest in acting surfaced during her teen years with minor stage productions in France.
By 1920, Renee had gained the notice of American producers and came to New York. Her first film before US audiences was THE STRONGEST that same year. That was to be it until 1921 when she appeared in MADE IN HEAVEN.
Renee wondered if she had made the right move by going into motion pictures because of two minor roles in as many films. Finally MGM saw fit to put her in more films in 1922. Movies such as WEST OF CHICAGO, DAYDREAMS, MIXED FACES, and MONTE CRISTO saw her with meatier roles than she had had previously. Renee was, finally, hitting her stride. Better roles to be sure, but still, she was not first class caliber yet.
All that changed in 1925 when she starred as Melisande with John Gilbert in THE BIG PARADE. This was a romantic story of a couple falling in love before Gilbert’s character was sent off to war. He returns unscathed and the happy couple is once again together. The picture made stars out of Renee, Gilbert, and Karl Dane.
Based on the films success, Renee was put in another production that same year in EXCUSE ME. It lacked the drama the previous picture but was well-received. In a plot written by Elinor Glyn, Renee starred as Suzette in MAN AND MAID. This was Renee’s most provocative role yet and she was fast becoming one of the sexiest actresses on the screen. In 1927, Renee starred as Nang Ping in MR. WU along with her sister Mira. The film was a hit with co-stars Ralph Forbes and Lon Chaney, but it was Renee’s character which carried the film. She continued to showcase her wonderful acting talent by appearing in such films as A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN and FORBIDDEN HOURS both in 1928.
After several more films, her career was slowing down. She appeared in a bit part in SHOW PEOPLE later that year. The following year she had an uncredited bit role in HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT. Re-discovered by First National Pictures after being released by MGM, she appeared in THE SPIELER (1930) where she was a struggling carnival manager trying to overcome the dishonesty that went on in her organization. With the role of Lola in THE SINGER FROM SEVILLE (1930) she would appear for the final time in films.
Ill with tuberculosis, she retired. Less than a week after her 35th birthday, Renee died in Tujunga, California on October 5, 1933Someone Who Loves Silent Films and 1920s Music!
July 24, 2007
thank you
You made Hollywood what it is.
We still love and adore you.
God be with you.
W
W
W
July 19, 2006
My Idol
I love her so much. She is my idol, when i grow up i want to be just like her!!!
Chloe
February 3, 2005
Renee Adoree, Who Were You, Cherie?
RENEE ADOREE
One of Cinema’s Early Sexy Actresses!
Renee Adoree was born Jeanne de la Fonte in Lille, France on September 30, 1898. Renee had what one could call a normal childhood. Her background is, perhaps, one of the most difficult to find information on any actress in existence. What we do know that her interest in acting surfaced during her teen years with minor stage productions in France.
By 1920, Renee had gained the notice of American producers and came to New York. Her first film before US audiences was THE STRONGEST that same year. That was to be it until 1921 when she appeared in MADE IN HEAVEN.
Renee wondered if she had made the right move by going into motion pictures because of two minor roles in as many films. Finally MGM saw fit to put her in more films in 1922. Movies such as WEST OF CHICAGO, DAYDREAMS, MIXED FACES, and MONTE CRISTO saw her with meatier roles than she had had previously. Renee was, finally, hitting her stride. Better roles to be sure, but still, she was not first class caliber yet.
All that changed in 1925 when she starred as Melisande with John Gilbert in THE BIG PARADE. This was a romantic story of a couple falling in love before Gilbert’s character was sent off to war. He returns unscathed and the happy couple is once again together. The picture made stars out of Renee, Gilbert, and Karl Dane.
Based on the films success, Renee was put in another production that same year in EXCUSE ME. It lacked the drama the previous picture but was well-received. In a plot written by Elinor Glyn, Renee starred as Suzette in MAN AND MAID. This was Renee’s most provocative role yet and she was fast becoming one of the sexiest actresses on the screen. In 1927, Renee starred as Nang Ping in MR. WU along with her sister Mira. The film was a hit with co-stars Ralph Forbes and Lon Chaney, but it was Renee’s character which carried the film. She continued to showcase her wonderful acting talent by appearing in such films as A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN and FORBIDDEN HOURS both in 1928.
After several more films, her career was slowing down. She appeared in a bit part in SHOW PEOPLE later that year. The following year she had an uncredited bit role in HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT. Re-discovered by First National Pictures after being released by MGM, she appeared in THE SPIELER (1930) where she was a struggling carnival manager trying to overcome the dishonesty that went on in her organization. With the role of Lola in THE SINGER FROM SEVILLE (1930) she would appear for the final time in films.
Ill with tuberculosis, she retired. Less than a week after her 35th birthday, Renee died in Tujunga, California on October 5, 1933
Someone Who Loves Silent Films and 1920s Music!