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Fontaine La Rue
Acting

Fontaine La Rue
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1897-12-01,Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

Borrowed Clothes

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Borrowed Clothes
1918-11-04

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Cactus Nell
1917-06-03

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Unseen Hands
1924-05-25

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Human Stuff
1920-06-28

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Flyin' Thru
1925-12-01

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The Bear Cat
1922-04-03

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Stolen Magic
1915-11-28

The Isle of Love

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The Isle of Love
1920-04-10

Droppington's Family Tree

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Droppington's Family Tree
1915-04-11

The Faith Healer

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The Faith Healer
1921-03-13

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Boots
1919-02-16

The Great Impersonation

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The Great Impersonation
1921-10-09

The Lost Romance

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The Lost Romance
1921-05-08

A Blind Bargain

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A Blind Bargain
1922-12-03

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

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Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915-01-23

Love, Loot and Crash

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Love, Loot and Crash
1915-04-23

The Man Beneath

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The Man Beneath
1919-07-05

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The Torrent
1924-08-01

A Prohibition Monkey

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A Prohibition Monkey
1920-09-13

Peanuts and Bullets

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Peanuts and Bullets
1915-01-12

The Home Breakers

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The Home Breakers
1915-02-01

His Naughty Thought

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His Naughty Thought
1917-05-06

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Beyond
1921-09-04

The Sins of Rosanne

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The Sins of Rosanne
1920-11-07

Love on the Rio Grande

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Love on the Rio Grande
1925-07-25

Oh, Mabel Behave

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Oh, Mabel Behave
1922-06-20

The Love Letter

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The Love Letter
1923-02-09

Did She Do Wrong?

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Did She Do Wrong?
1918-03-10

The Secret Code

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The Secret Code
1922-02-28

The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy

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The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
1922-02-28

Who Killed Walton?

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Who Killed Walton?
1918-04-14

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The Showdown
1923-05-14

Mabel Lost and Won

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Mabel Lost and Won
1915-06-02

Wronged by Mistake

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Wronged by Mistake
1918-02-10