Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1878-06-02
Day of Death
1957-12-06
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. She began acting in the 1922 Gershwin Broadway musical comedy, The French Doll, in which she had one of the main roles, "Baroness Mazulier". She made her film debut in the 1924 silent film, The Humming Bird, where she was one of Gloria Swanson's gang of thieves who turned into resistance fighters in World War I. With the advent of talking pictures, and before dubbing came into general use, D'Ambricourt was used in several films which were the French version of English language ones, such as Quand on est belle (The Easiest Way — 1931), L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes (Slightly Scarlet — 1930), and Nuit d'Espagne (Transgression — 1931). She appeared in over 70 films, including such classics as Casablanca, San Francisco, and To Have And Have Not, until about 1947, after which her film career began to decline. Her final role was in George Cukor's Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor, in which she played the wardrobe woman. With the advent of television, she appeared in several series during the 1950s, working right up to her death, which was caused by a heart attack during or following a car accident in Los Angeles.
Filmography (59)
One Coat of White
1957
The Purple Mask
1955
Bal Tabarin
1952
Beautiful Love
1951
Calcutta
1946
Saratoga Trunk
1945
Paris Underground
1945
To Have and Have Not
1945
Experiment Perilous
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
Casablanca
1943
Joan of Paris
1942
Forty Little Mothers
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
