Adrienne D'Ambricourt
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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.
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Movies (60)
One Coat of White
1957 · Annette
The Purple Mask
1955 · Madame Anais (uncredited)
Bal Tabarin
1952 · Madame Ramquet
Beautiful Love
1951 · The deaf old lady
Calcutta
1946 · Croupier's Assistant (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Grandmother Dulaine (uncredited)
Paris Underground
1945 · Margot
To Have and Have Not
1945 · Cashier (uncredited)
Experiment Perilous
1944 · French Instructor (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Rosalie (uncredited)
Casablanca
1943 · Concierge (uncredited)
Joan of Paris
1942
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Miss Porter
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Miss Apricots (uncredited)
City in Darkness
1939 · Hotel Proprietress
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939 · Mme. Marchand
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939 · Undetermined Role
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939 · Therese
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · French Landlady (uncredited)
Artists and Models Abroad
1938 · Madame Brissard
I'll Give a Million
1938 · Wife (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again
1938 · Marie (uncredited)
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · The Dutchess (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
1937 · Masseuse
We Have Our Moments
1937 · Maid (uncredited)
Seventh Heaven
1937 · Nurse
History Is Made at Night
1937 · French Woman (uncredited)
Mama Steps Out
1937 · Jeanne
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Madame Odette Dessolles
San Francisco
1936 · Madame Albani (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Nun (uncredited)
Marie Galante
1934 · French Girl
Stingaree
1934 · French Mother (uncredited)
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934 · Concierge
Design for Living
1933 · Cafe Proprietress (uncredited)
Gallant Lady
1933 · Nanette - Deedy's Nurse (uncredited)
The Song of Songs
1933 · French Teacher
Disgraced!
1933 · Madame Maxime
The Eagle and the Hawk
1933 · Fifi 'Fanny'
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Marie (Uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
1932 · French Cook (uncredited)
War Mamas
1931 · Countess's Maid (uncredited)
Men in Her Life
1931 · Maria
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931 · La femme de chambre
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931 · Marie Ducrol
This Modern Age
1931 · Marie
Transgression
1931 · Julie
Svengali
1931 · Mme. Vinard (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1931 · Flint's French Maid
Scotland Yard
1930 · Madame Rousseau, Innkeeper
What a Widow!
1930 · Paulette
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
1930 · Mrs. Corbett
The Bad One
1930 · Madame Pompier
Footlights and Fools
1929 · Jo
Our Modern Maidens
1929 · Parisian Housekeeper Annette (uncredited)
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 · Marie Ducrot
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
1926 · Ma Tapman
Wages of Virtue
1924 · Madame Cantinière
The Humming Bird
1924 · The Owl
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