Adrienne Ames
Adrienne Ames (born 3 August 1907 in Fort Worth, Texas, † May 31, 1947 in New York; actually Adrienne Ruth McClure ) was an American film actress.
Life
Ames was the daughter of Samuel Hugh McClure and Flora Parthenia McClure in Fort Worth, Texas. There she attended together with her sister, the actress Gladys Ethel McClure (aka Linda Marsh ), the Tenth Ward School. At the age of 16, she married her first husband, Stephen Ames, from whose marriage comes a daughter. After her divorce, she moved to Beverly Hills, California, where she was discovered by a talent scout from Paramount; they immediately signed a contract to have participated in an audition without ever. At that time she lived with her sister, who had followed her.
Ames film career began in 1927 as a stand- in for Pola Negri in the silent film Hotel Lviv (English Hotel Imperial ); minor roles in silent films followed. With the invention of sound film their popularity grew and they often impersonated women of society and starred in musicals. In the 1930s she starred in 30 films. She celebrated in 1934 in the film George White's Scandals, in which Alice Faye made her debut your greatest success.
In recognition for her performances Ames received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1612 Vine Street. End of the 1930s took their popularity, however, from and she retired in 1939 from the film business. After that, she became a size in New York radio.
Adrienne Ames was married three times; with the oil workers Stephen Ames, with the Stock Trader Deward Truax ( 1925-1928 ) and to actor Bruce Cabot ( 1933-1937 ). She died at the age of 39 years to cancer and was buried in the historic East Oakwood Cemetery, next to her sister, in Fort Worth.