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Lou Tellegen
Acting

Lou Tellegen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1881-11-26,Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lou Tellegen (born Isidor Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen, November 26, 1881 – October 29, 1934) was a Dutch-born silent film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter. Tellegen made his stage debut in Amsterdam in 1903, and over the next few years built a reputation to the point where he was invited to perform in Paris, eventually co-starring in several roles with Sarah Bernhardt, with whom he was involved romantically. In 1910, he made his motion picture debut alongside Bernhardt in La dame aux camélias, a silent film made in France. In the summer of 1913, Tellegen went to London where he produced and starred in Oscar Wilde's play The Picture of Dorian Gray. Invited back to the United States, Tellegen worked in theatre and made his first American film in 1915, titled The Explorer, followed by The Unknown. Considered one of the best-looking actors on screen, he followed up with three straight films starring with Geraldine Farrar (his wife 1916-1923). Tellegen married a total of four times. He became an American citizen in 1918. Tellegen appeared in numerous films before his face was damaged in a fire on Christmas Day 1929, when he fell asleep while smoking. He had extensive plastic surgery in 1931. Fame fading, employment not forthcoming, and ridden with debt, he filed for bankruptcy. He was diagnosed with cancer, though this information was kept from him, and he became despondent. In 1931, he wrote his autobiography Women Have Been Kind. On October 29, 1934, while a guest in the Cudahy Mansion at 1844 North Vine Street in Hollywood (now the site of the Vine-Franklin underpass of the Hollywood Freeway), Tellegen locked himself in the bathroom, then shaved and powdered his face. Then, while standing in front of a full-length mirror, he committed suicide by stabbing himself with a pair of sewing scissors seven times. Tellegen was cremated and his remains scattered at sea.

Filmography

5

Parisian Love
1925-08-01

6.8

3 Bad Men
1926-08-28

Together We Live

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Together We Live
1935-08-16

The Sculptor's Dream

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The Sculptor's Dream
1930-04-07

0

Siberia
1926-03-28

The Redeeming Sin

0

The Redeeming Sin
1925-01-25

0

The Black Wolf
1917-02-12

Flame of the Desert

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Flame of the Desert
1919-10-26

0

Married Alive
1927-07-17

1

Camille
1912-01-02

Enemies of the Law

0

Enemies of the Law
1931-07-21

The World and Its Woman

5

The World and Its Woman
1919-09-06

The Silver Treasure

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The Silver Treasure
1926-06-13

0

Womanpower
1926-09-19

The Victoria Cross

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The Victoria Cross
1916-12-14

2

The Unknown
1915-12-09

Adrienne Lecouvreur

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Adrienne Lecouvreur
1913-01-01

0

East Lynne
1925-11-23

Greater Than Marriage

0

Greater Than Marriage
1924-11-16

The Princess from Hoboken

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The Princess from Hoboken
1927-03-01

0

The Outsider
1926-01-17

After Business Hours

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After Business Hours
1925-06-16

Parisian Nights

1

Parisian Nights
1925-09-27

Queen Elizabeth

4.2

Queen Elizabeth
1912-08-16

Borrowed Finery

0

Borrowed Finery
1925-10-01

0

The Long Trail
1917-07-23

0

With This Ring
1925-09-05

Those Who Judge

0

Those Who Judge
1924-10-15