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Lou Tellegen (born Isidor Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen, November 26, 1881 – October 29, 1934) was a Dutch-born silent film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter.
Tellegen made his stage debut in Amsterdam in 1903, and over the next few years built a reputation to the point where he was invited to perform in Paris, eventually co-starring in several roles with Sarah Bernhardt, with whom he was involved romantically. In 1910, he made his motion picture debut alongside Bernhardt in La dame aux camélias, a silent film made in France.
In the summer of 1913, Tellegen went to London where he produced and starred in Oscar Wilde's play The Picture of Dorian Gray. Invited back to the United States, Tellegen worked in theatre and made his first American film in 1915, titled The Explorer, followed by The Unknown. Considered one of the best-looking actors on screen, he followed up with three straight films starring with Geraldine Farrar (his wife 1916-1923).
Tellegen married a total of four times. He became an American citizen in 1918.
Tellegen appeared in numerous films before his face was damaged in a fire on Christmas Day 1929, when he fell asleep while smoking. He had extensive plastic surgery in 1931.
Fame fading, employment not forthcoming, and ridden with debt, he filed for bankruptcy. He was diagnosed with cancer, though this information was kept from him, and he became despondent. In 1931, he wrote his autobiography Women Have Been Kind.
On October 29, 1934, while a guest in the Cudahy Mansion at 1844 North Vine Street in Hollywood (now the site of the Vine-Franklin underpass of the Hollywood Freeway), Tellegen locked himself in the bathroom, then shaved and powdered his face. Then, while standing in front of a full-length mirror, he committed suicide by stabbing himself with a pair of sewing scissors seven times. Tellegen was cremated and his remains scattered at sea.
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Filmography (Movies)
Death Scenes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1989
Together We Live
Character:Bischofsky
Release Date:16/08/1935
Enemies of the Law
Character:Eddie Swan
Release Date:21/07/1931
The Sculptor's Dream
Character:
Release Date:07/04/1930
Married Alive
Character:James Duxbury
Release Date:17/07/1927
The Princess from Hoboken
Character:Prince Anton Balakrieff
Release Date:01/03/1927
Stage Madness
Character:Pierre Doumier
Release Date:09/01/1927
Womanpower
Character:The Broker
Release Date:19/09/1926
3 Bad Men
Character:Sheriff Layne Hunter
Release Date:28/08/1926
The Silver Treasure
Character:Sotillo - the Bandit
Release Date:13/06/1926
Siberia
Character:Egor Kaplan
Release Date:28/03/1926
The Outsider
Character:Anton Ragatzy
Release Date:17/01/1926
East Lynne
Character:Sir Francis Levison
Release Date:23/11/1925
Borrowed Finery
Character:Harlan
Release Date:01/10/1925
Parisian Nights
Character:Jean
Release Date:27/09/1925
With This Ring
Character:Rufus Van Buren
Release Date:05/09/1925
Parisian Love
Character:Pierre Marcel
Release Date:01/08/1925
The Sporting Chance
Character:Darrell Thornton
Release Date:21/07/1925
After Business Hours
Character:John King
Release Date:16/06/1925
The Verdict
Character:Victor Ronsard
Release Date:16/04/1925
The Redeeming Sin
Character:Lupin
Release Date:25/01/1925
Greater Than Marriage
Character:John Masters
Release Date:16/11/1924
Those Who Judge
Character:John Dawson
Release Date:15/10/1924
The Breath of Scandal
Character:Charles Hale
Release Date:01/09/1924
Single Wives
Character:Martin Prayle
Release Date:24/07/1924
Between Friends
Character:David Drene
Release Date:11/05/1924
Let Not Man Put Asunder
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1924
The Woman and the Puppet
Character:Don Mateo
Release Date:04/04/1920
Flame of the Desert
Character:Sheik Essad
Release Date:26/10/1919
The World and Its Woman
Character:Prince Michael Orbeliana
Release Date:06/09/1919
The Long Trail
Character:Andre Dubois
Release Date:23/07/1917
The Black Wolf
Character:The Black Wolf
Release Date:12/02/1917
The Victoria Cross
Character:Maj Ralph Seton
Release Date:14/12/1916
The Unknown
Character:Richard Farquhar
Release Date:09/12/1915
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1913
Queen Elizabeth
Character:Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Release Date:16/08/1912
Camille
Character:Armand Duval
Release Date:02/01/1912
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