
Fontaine La Rue
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-12-01
Day of Death
1964-09-13 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Fontaine La Rue
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.
Known For
Acting
(1925)
Flyin' Thru
as Sybil
(1925)
(1924)
The Torrent
as Dancing Girl
(1924)
Unseen Hands
as Madame Le Quintrec
(1923)
(1923)
(1922)
(1922)
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Barmaid
(1922)
A Blind Bargain
as Mrs. Lamb
(1922)
The Bear Cat
as Mary Lang
(1922)
(1921)
Beyond
as Mrs. Langley
(1921)
The Lost Romance
as Elizabeth Erskine
(1921)
The Faith Healer
as Mary Beeler
(1921)
The Great Impersonation
as Princess Eiderstrom
(1920)
The Sins of Rosanne
as Rachel Bangat
(1920)
(1920)
Human Stuff
as Boka
(1920)
(1919)
Boots
as Mme. De Valdee
(1919)
The Man Beneath
as Countess Petite Florence
(1918)
Borrowed Clothes
as Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
(1918)
Who Killed Walton?
as Elsa Armytage
(1918)
(1918)
(1917)
Cactus Nell
as The Gent's Accomplice
(1917)
His Naughty Thought
as Babe Delores
(1915)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
(1915)
Mabel Lost and Won
as Mabel's Rival
(1915)
Stolen Magic
as Secondary Supporting Role
(1915)
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Maid They All Love
(1915)
Love, Loot and Crash
as Mary, The Banker's Daughter
(1915)
The Home Breakers
as Mts. Walrus
(1915)
Droppington's Family Tree
as Cabaret Dancer