Fontaine La Rue
Known for Acting · 45 credits
- Born
- 1890-07-18
- Died
- 1964-09-13
- Place of birth
- Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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.
Known For
Movies (45)
Boots
1919
as Mme. De Valdee
Unseen Hands
1924
as Madame Le Quintrec
The Showdown
1923
A Blind Bargain
1922
as Mrs. Lamb
Peanuts and Bullets
1915
as The Maid They All Love
Exit the Vamp
1921
as Mrs. Willy Strong
The Man Beneath
1919
as Countess Petite Florence
The Lost Romance
1921
as Elizabeth Erskine
The Torrent
1924
as Dancing Girl
Flyin' Thru
1925
as Sybil
The Great Impersonation
1921
as Princess Eiderstrom
The Sins of Rosanne
1920
as Rachel Bangat
Oh, Mabel Behave
1922
as The Barmaid
Cleopatsy
1918
as Cleopatsy (as Dora Rogers)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Borrowed Clothes
1918
as Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
Beyond
1921
as Mrs. Langley
Who Killed Walton?
1918
as Elsa Armytage
The Dangerous Little Demon
1922
as Helene Westley
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
as Mabel's Rival
Two Kinds of Love
1920
as Sita
Cactus Nell
1917
as The Gent's Accomplice
The Love Letter
1923
The Bear Cat
1922
as Mary Lang
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
1922
An Adventuress
1920
Trigger Fingers
1924
as Wetona
His New York Wife
1926
as Julia Hewitt
The Faith Healer
1921
as Mary Beeler
The Woman Under Cover
1919
as Yvonne Leclaire
Daughters of Today
1924
as Mrs. Mantell
The Social Buccaneer
1923
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
as Mary, The Banker's Daughter
A Prohibition Monkey
1920
Did She Do Wrong?
1918
Droppington's Family Tree
1915
as Cabaret Dancer
The Isle of Love
1922
His Naughty Thought
1917
as Babe Delores
Gold from Weepah
1927
as Pearl
The Secret Code
1922
Stolen Magic
1915
as Secondary Supporting Role
The Home Breakers
1915
as Mts. Walrus
Wronged by Mistake
1918
Human Stuff
1920
as Boka
Love on the Rio Grande
1925
About Fontaine La Rue
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… With 45 credits spanning from 1915 to 1927, Fontaine La Rue has appeared in 45 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Boots (1919) — as Mme. De Valdee
- Unseen Hands (1924) — as Madame Le Quintrec
- The Showdown (1923)
- A Blind Bargain (1922) — as Mrs. Lamb
- Peanuts and Bullets (1915) — as The Maid They All Love
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