Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Acting
Born: 1878-06-02 in Paris, France
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. She began acting in the 1922 Gershwin Broadway musical comedy, The French Doll, in which she had one of the main roles, "Baroness Mazulier". She made her film debut in the 1924 silent film, The Humming Bird, where she was one of Gloria Swanson's gang of thieves who turned into resistance fighters in World War I. With the advent of talking pictures, and before dubbing came into general use, D'Ambricourt was used in several films which were the French version of English language ones, such as Quand on est belle (The Easiest Way — 1931), L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes (Slightly Scarlet — 1930), and Nuit d'Espagne (Transgression — 1931). She appeared in over 70 films, including such classics as Casablanca, San Francisco, and To Have And Have Not, until about 1947, after which her film career began to decline. Her final role was in George Cukor's Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor, in which she played the wardrobe woman. With the advent of television, she appeared in several series during the 1950s, working right up to her death, which was caused by a heart attack during or following a car accident in Los Angeles.
Known For
Casablanca
Concierge (uncredited)
To Have and Have Not
Cashier (uncredited)
Gallant Lady
Nanette - Deedy's Nurse (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
Nun (uncredited)
Stingaree
French Mother (uncredited)
San Francisco
Madame Albani (uncredited)
The Purple Mask
Madame Anais (uncredited)
Passage to Marseille
Rosalie (uncredited)
Design for Living
Cafe Proprietress (uncredited)
The Song of Songs
French Teacher
Experiment Perilous
French Instructor (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)
History Is Made at Night
French Woman (uncredited)
Joan of Paris
I Met My Love Again
Marie (uncredited)
Seventh Heaven
Nurse
Bal Tabarin
Madame Ramquet
Two Girls on Broadway
Miss Apricots (uncredited)
Svengali
Mme. Vinard (uncredited)
Nurse Edith Cavell
Undetermined Role
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
French Landlady (uncredited)
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
Mrs. Corbett
We Have Our Moments
Maid (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
Grandmother Dulaine (uncredited)
Our Modern Maidens
Parisian Housekeeper Annette (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million
Wife (uncredited)
City in Darkness
Hotel Proprietress
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Ma Tapman
Calcutta
Croupier's Assistant (uncredited)
Marie Galante
French Girl
Artists and Models Abroad
Madame Brissard
What Price Hollywood?
French Cook (uncredited)
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Marie Ducrol
The Eagle and the Hawk
Fifi 'Fanny'
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Madame Odette Dessolles
Dangerously Yours
Masseuse
The Humming Bird
The Owl
What a Widow!
Paulette
Men in Her Life
Maria
Beautiful Love
The deaf old lady