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