Fontaine La Rue
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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Filme (46)
West of the Rockies
1929 · Celia de la Costa
Gold from Weepah
1927 · Pearl
His New York Wife
1926 · Julia Hewitt
Flyin' Thru
1925 · Sybil
Love on the Rio Grande
1925
Trigger Fingers
1924 · Wetona
The Torrent
1924 · Dancing Girl
Unseen Hands
1924 · Madame Le Quintrec
Daughters of Today
1924 · Mrs. Mantell
The Showdown
1923
The Love Letter
1923
The Social Buccaneer
1923
A Blind Bargain
1922 · Mrs. Lamb
Oh, Mabel Behave
1922 · The Barmaid
The Bear Cat
1922 · Mary Lang
The Dangerous Little Demon
1922 · Helene Westley
The Secret Code
1922
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
1922
The Isle of Love
1922
Exit the Vamp
1921 · Mrs. Willy Strong
The Great Impersonation
1921 · Princess Eiderstrom
Beyond
1921 · Mrs. Langley
The Lost Romance
1921 · Elizabeth Erskine
The Faith Healer
1921 · Mary Beeler
Two Kinds of Love
1920 · Sita
The Sins of Rosanne
1920 · Rachel Bangat
A Prohibition Monkey
1920
Human Stuff
1920 · Boka
An Adventuress
1920
The Woman Under Cover
1919 · Yvonne Leclaire
The Man Beneath
1919 · Countess Petite Florence
Boots
1919 · Mme. De Valdee
Borrowed Clothes
1918 · Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
Cleopatsy
1918 · Cleopatsy (as Dora Rogers)
Who Killed Walton?
1918 · Elsa Armytage
Did She Do Wrong?
1918
Wronged by Mistake
1918
Cactus Nell
1917 · The Gent's Accomplice
His Naughty Thought
1917 · Babe Delores
Stolen Magic
1915 · Secondary Supporting Role
Mabel Lost and Won
1915 · Mabel's Rival
Love, Loot and Crash
1915 · Mary, The Banker's Daughter
Droppington's Family Tree
1915 · Cabaret Dancer
The Home Breakers
1915 · Mts. Walrus
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915 · 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Peanuts and Bullets
1915 · The Maid They All Love
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