Adrienne D'Ambricourt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. She began acting in the 1922 Gershwin Broadway musical comedy, The French Doll, in which she had one of the main roles, "Baroness Mazulier". She made her film debut in the 1924 silent film, The Humming Bird, where she was one of Gloria Swanson's gang of thieves who turned into resistance fighters in World War I. With the advent of talking pictures, and before dubbing came into general use, D'Ambricourt was used in several films which were the French version of English language ones, such as Quand on est belle (The Easiest Way — 1931), L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes (Slightly Scarlet — 1930), and Nuit d'Espagne (Transgression — 1931). She appeared in over 70 films, including such classics as Casablanca, San Francisco, and To Have And Have Not, until about 1947, after which her film career began to decline. Her final role was in George Cukor's Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor, in which she played the wardrobe woman. With the advent of television, she appeared in several series during the 1950s, working right up to her death, which was caused by a heart attack during or following a car accident in Los Angeles.
Casablanca
as Concierge (uncredited)In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...
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San Francisco
as Madame Albani (uncredited)A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days...
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To Have and Have Not
as Cashier (uncredited)A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance...
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Design for Living
as Cafe Proprietress (uncredited)An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
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Svengali
as Mme. Vinard (uncredited)A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and...
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The White Cliffs of Dover
as Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...
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Peter Ibbetson
as Nun (uncredited)When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to...
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What Price Hollywood?
as French Cook (uncredited)Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film...
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Dangerously Yours
as MasseuseA detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New...
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History Is Made at Night
as French Woman (uncredited)An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from...
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Our Modern Maidens
as Parisian Housekeeper Annette (uncredited)Young vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
as Fifi 'Fanny'The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as French Landlady (uncredited)In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...
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Saratoga Trunk
as Grandmother Dulaine (uncredited)An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join...
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Seventh Heaven
as NurseA Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from...
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Scandal Sheet
as Flint's French MaidConfirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story...
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Live, Love and Learn
as The Dutchess (uncredited)A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get...
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Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as ThereseHugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank...
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I Met My Love Again
as Marie (uncredited)In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir,...
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City in Darkness
as Hotel ProprietressChan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating...
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The Song of Songs
as French TeacherAfter her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily...
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Calcutta
as Croupier's Assistant (uncredited)Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they...
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I'll Give a Million
as Wife (uncredited)After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out...
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Nurse Edith Cavell
as Undetermined RoleBritish nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the...
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Mama Steps Out
as JeanneA Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty...
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Experiment Perilous
as French Instructor (uncredited)In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him...
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Beautiful Love
as The deaf old ladyDr. Claude Moulin leaves his wife and child for a younger woman but the child needs attention...
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Stingaree
as French Mother (uncredited)A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and...
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This Modern Age
as MarieA Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.
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We Have Our Moments
as MaidA trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in...
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The Purple Mask
as Madame Anais (uncredited)France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet...
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Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mme. MarchandThree American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
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Marie Galante
as French GirlOn the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo...
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Disgraced!
as Madame MaximeA lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To...
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What a Widow!
as PauletteA young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes...
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Paris Underground
as MargotConstance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and...
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Transgression
as JulieWhen British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his...
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The Cat and the Fiddle
as ConciergeA romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
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Bal Tabarin
as Madame RamquetStory of a girl who witnesses murder of notorious international jewel thief. Afraid that the...
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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Madame Odette DessollesCarrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon,...
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War Mamas
as Countess's Maid (uncredited)During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Marie (Uncredited)A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
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Two Girls on Broadway
as Miss Apricots (uncredited)Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....
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Forty Little Mothers
as Miss PorterAn out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's...
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Men in Her Life
as MariaA wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her...
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Gallant Lady
as Nanette - Deedy's Nurse (uncredited)Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
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Scotland Yard
as Madame Rousseau, InnkeeperA soldier is wounded in action. His face is restored by a plastic surgeon to resemble someone else.
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Artists and Models Abroad
as Madame BrissardBuck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager...
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Wages of Virtue
as Madame CantinièreA carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they...
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The Humming Bird
as The OwlA pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises...
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The Bad One
as Madame PompierIn this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front...
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Marie DucrotA woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama...
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God Gave Me Twenty Cents
as Ma TapmanThe story concerns the misadventures of sailor Steve Doren, who tries his best to support his...
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Footlights and Fools
as JoMoore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus...
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