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Renée Adorée
Deceased

How Did Renée Adorée Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 35
Also known asJeanne de la Fonte, Renee Adoree, Renee La Fonte, Jeanne Renée de la FonteGenderFemaleNationalityFranceBorn30/09/1898Born inLille, Nord, FranceDied06/10/1933 (aged 35)Died inLos AngelesCausetuberculosisWikidataQ284722 ↗Buried atHollywood Forever CemeteryTMDb#29973 ↗

Renée Adorée was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love interest of John Gilbert in the melodramatic romance and war epic The Big Parade. Adorée's career was cut short after she contracted tuberculosis in 1930. She died of the disease in 1933 at the age of 35.

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Filmography26 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1955MGM ParadeSeriesSelf57
1944Twenty Years AfterMovie(archive footage)46
1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)MovieSelf (archive footage)44
1939The Movies March OnMovieSelf (archive footage)41
1930Call of the FleshMovieLola32
1929The PaganMovieMadge31
1928Show PeopleMovieRenée Adorée (uncredited)30
1928The Mating CallMovieCatharine30
1928The Michigan KidMovieRose Morris30
1928The CossacksMovieMaryana30
1928Forbidden HoursMovieMarie de Floriet30
1927The ShowMovieSalome29
1927On Ze BoulevardMovieMusette29
1926La BohèmeMovieMusette28
1926Tin GodsMovieCarita28
1926BlarneyMoviePeggy Nolan28
1926The Exquisite SinnerMovieSilda28
1925Man and MaidMovieSuzette27
19251925 Studio TourMovieSelf27
1925Parisian NightsMovieMarie27
1924A Man's MateMovieWildcat26
1923The Eternal StruggleMovieAndree Grange25
1923The Six-FiftyMovieHester Taylor25
1922Honor FirstMovieMoira Serern24
1921Made in HeavenMovieMiss Lowry23
1918£500 RewardMovieIrene20