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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
His New York Wife
Character:Julia Hewitt
Release Date:15/11/1926
Flyin' Thru
Character:Sybil
Release Date:01/12/1925
Love on the Rio Grande
Character:
Release Date:25/07/1925
Trigger Fingers
Character:Wetona
Release Date:01/11/1924
The Torrent
Character:Dancing Girl
Release Date:01/08/1924
Unseen Hands
Character:Madame Le Quintrec
Release Date:25/05/1924
Daughters of Today
Character:Mrs. Mantell
Release Date:02/02/1924
The Showdown
Character:
Release Date:14/05/1923
The Love Letter
Character:
Release Date:09/02/1923
A Blind Bargain
Character:Mrs. Lamb
Release Date:03/12/1922
Oh, Mabel Behave
Character:The Barmaid
Release Date:20/06/1922
The Bear Cat
Character:Mary Lang
Release Date:03/04/1922
The Dangerous Little Demon
Character:Helene Westley
Release Date:27/03/1922
The Secret Code
Character:
Release Date:28/02/1922
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
Character:
Release Date:28/02/1922
The Isle of Love
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1922
Exit the Vamp
Character:Mrs. Willy Strong
Release Date:06/11/1921
The Great Impersonation
Character:Princess Eiderstrom
Release Date:09/10/1921
Beyond
Character:Mrs. Langley
Release Date:04/09/1921
The Lost Romance
Character:Elizabeth Erskine
Release Date:08/05/1921
The Faith Healer
Character:Mary Beeler
Release Date:13/03/1921
Two Kinds of Love
Character:Sita
Release Date:31/12/1920
The Sins of Rosanne
Character:Rachel Bangat
Release Date:07/11/1920
A Prohibition Monkey
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1920
Human Stuff
Character:Boka
Release Date:28/06/1920
An Adventuress
Character:
Release Date:10/04/1920
The Woman Under Cover
Character:Yvonne Leclaire
Release Date:15/09/1919
The Man Beneath
Character:Countess Petite Florence
Release Date:05/07/1919
Boots
Character:Mme. De Valdee
Release Date:16/02/1919
Borrowed Clothes
Character:Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
Release Date:04/11/1918
Who Killed Walton?
Character:Elsa Armytage
Release Date:14/04/1918
Did She Do Wrong?
Character:
Release Date:10/03/1918
Wronged by Mistake
Character:
Release Date:10/02/1918
Cactus Nell
Character:The Gent's Accomplice
Release Date:03/06/1917
His Naughty Thought
Character:Babe Delores
Release Date:06/05/1917
Stolen Magic
Character:Secondary Supporting Role
Release Date:28/11/1915
Mabel Lost and Won
Character:Mabel's Rival
Release Date:02/06/1915
Love, Loot and Crash
Character:Mary, The Banker's Daughter
Release Date:23/04/1915
Droppington's Family Tree
Character:Cabaret Dancer
Release Date:11/04/1915
The Home Breakers
Character:Mts. Walrus
Release Date:01/02/1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Character:1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Release Date:23/01/1915
Peanuts and Bullets
Character:The Maid They All Love
Release Date:12/01/1915
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