Cast
Fontaine La Rue
Acting
Cast
Fontaine La Rue
Known for
Acting
Born
1890-07-18
From
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Died
1964-09-13
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.
★8.0
MOVIE1925
Flyin' Thru
as Sybil
★7.0
MOVIE1923
The Social Buccaneer
★6.0
MOVIE1918
Cleopatsy
as Cleopatsy (as Dora Rogers)
★5.0
MOVIE1915
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Maid They All Love
★4.0
MOVIE1919
Boots
as Mme. De Valdee
★10.0
MOVIE1926
His New York Wife
as Julia Hewitt
★7.0
MOVIE1920
An Adventuress
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Sins of Rosanne
as Rachel Bangat
MOVIE1922
The Isle of Love
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Gold from Weepah
as Pearl
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Exit the Vamp
as Mrs. Willy Strong
★8.0
MOVIE1920
Two Kinds of Love
as Sita
★6.2
MOVIE1915
Mabel Lost and Won
as Mabel's Rival
★9.0
MOVIE1922
The Bear Cat
as Mary Lang
★7.0
MOVIE1918
Who Killed Walton?
as Elsa Armytage
★8.0
MOVIE1922
A Blind Bargain
as Mrs. Lamb
★8.0
MOVIE1921
The Lost Romance
as Elizabeth Erskine
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Unseen Hands
as Madame Le Quintrec
★9.0
MOVIE1924
The Torrent
as Dancing Girl
★6.3
MOVIE1919
The Man Beneath
as Countess Petite Florence
MOVIE1917
His Naughty Thought
as Babe Delores
★4.7
MOVIE1915
Love, Loot and Crash
as Mary, The Banker's Daughter
★7.0
MOVIE1924
Daughters of Today
as Mrs. Mantell
MOVIE1918
Wronged by Mistake
★5.8
MOVIE1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1921
The Faith Healer
as Mary Beeler
MOVIE1922
The Secret Code
★8.0
MOVIE1922
The Dangerous Little Demon
as Helene Westley
MOVIE1918
Did She Do Wrong?
★7.0
MOVIE1921
The Great Impersonation
as Princess Eiderstrom
★10.0
MOVIE1925
Love on the Rio Grande
★7.0
MOVIE1924
Trigger Fingers
as Wetona
★9.0
MOVIE1923
The Love Letter
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Beyond
as Mrs. Langley
★8.0
MOVIE1922
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
★9.0
MOVIE1920
A Prohibition Monkey
★5.0
MOVIE1915
Droppington's Family Tree
as Cabaret Dancer
★10.0
MOVIE1923
The Showdown
★7.0
MOVIE1919
The Woman Under Cover
as Yvonne Leclaire
MOVIE1917
Cactus Nell
as The Gent's Accomplice
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Human Stuff
as Boka
MOVIE1915
Stolen Magic
as Secondary Supporting Role
MOVIE1918
Borrowed Clothes
as Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Barmaid
MOVIE1915
The Home Breakers
as Mts. Walrus