Adrienne Ames

Personal Info

Birthday

August 3, 1907

Day of Death

1947-05-31

(39 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Ruth Adrienne McClure

Adrienne Truex

Adrienne Ames

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adrienne Ames (August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947) was an American film actress. Born Adrienne Ruth McClure in Fort Worth, Texas, Ames began her film career in 1927 as a stand-in for Pola Negri.

Ames was soon cast in small film roles in silent films. With the advent of talking pictures, Ames' popularity grew and she was usually cast as society women, or in musicals. She made thirty films during the 1930s with her biggest success in George White's Scandals (1934), a film which was also notable as the debut of Alice Faye.

Known For

From Hell to Heaven

Slander House

The Death Kiss

You're Telling Me!

Woman Wanted

City Girl

Abdul the Damned

Harmony Lane

Filmography

1939
The Zero Hour
as Susan Pendleton
Panama Patrol
as Lia Maing
1938
Slander House
as Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith
Fugitives for a Night
as Eileen Baker
City Girl
as Vivian Ross
1935
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
Harmony Lane
as Jane McDowell
Abdul the Damned
as Therese, Viennese Operetta Star
Woman Wanted
as Betty
Black Sheep
as Millicent Caldwell Bath
Gigolette
as Kay Parrish
1934
You're Telling Me!
as Princess Lescaboura
George White's Scandals
as Barbara Loraine
1933
The Avenger
as Ruth Knowles
Disgraced!
as Julia Thorndyke
A Bedtime Story
as Paulette
From Hell to Heaven
as Joan Burt
Broadway Bad
as Aileen
1932
The Death Kiss
as Marcia Lane
Guilty as Hell
as Vera Marsh
Sinners in the Sun
as Claire Kinkaid
1931
Husband's Holiday
as Myrtle
Working Girls
as Bit (uncredited)
Girls About Town
as Anne - Party Girl (uncredited)
24 Hours
as Ruby Wintringham
The Road to Reno
as Unhappy Divorcee
1930
Sally
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)