1897-12-01 ( 127 years old ) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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.
Movies
Flyin' Thru
1925-12-01
Love on the Rio Grande
1925-07-25
The Torrent
1924-08-01
Unseen Hands
1924-05-25
The Showdown
1923-05-14
The Love Letter
1923-02-09
A Blind Bargain
1922-12-03
Oh, Mabel Behave
1922-06-20
The Bear Cat
1922-04-03
The Secret Code
1922-02-28
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
1922-02-28
The Great Impersonation
1921-10-09
Beyond
1921-09-04
The Lost Romance
1921-05-08
The Faith Healer
1921-03-13
The Sins of Rosanne
1920-11-07
A Prohibition Monkey
1920-09-13
Human Stuff
1920-06-28
The Isle of Love
1920-04-10
The Man Beneath
1919-07-05
Boots
1919-02-16
Borrowed Clothes
1918-11-04
Who Killed Walton?
1918-04-14
Did She Do Wrong?
1918-03-10
Wronged by Mistake
1918-02-10
Cactus Nell
1917-06-03
His Naughty Thought
1917-05-06
Stolen Magic
1915-11-28
Mabel Lost and Won
1915-06-02
Love, Loot and Crash
1915-04-23
Droppington's Family Tree
1915-04-11
The Home Breakers
1915-02-01
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915-01-23
Peanuts and Bullets
1915-01-12
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