Adrienne D'Ambricourt

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.

Cast

History Is Made at Night

(French Woman (uncredited))

City in Darkness

(Hotel Proprietress)

The Purple Mask

(Madame Anais (uncredited))

Experiment Perilous

(French Instructor (uncredited))

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

(Ma Tapman)

Wages of Virtue

(Madame Cantinière)

Peter Ibbetson

(Nun (uncredited))

The Trial of Mary Dugan

(The chambermaid)

Stingaree

(French Mother (uncredited))

Beautiful Love

(The deaf old lady)

Saratoga Trunk

(Grandmother Dulaine (uncredited))

Mama Steps Out

(Jeanne)

This Modern Age

(Marie)

Artists and Models Abroad

(Madame Brissard)

Men in Her Life

(Maria)

Scotland Yard

(Madame Rousseau, Innkeeper)

Casablanca

(Concierge (uncredited))

Transgression

(Julie)

The Trial of Mary Dugan

(Marie Ducrot)

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

(Therese)

The Cat and the Fiddle

(Concierge)

Gallant Lady

(Nanette - Deedy's Nurse (uncredited))

Disgraced!

(Madame Maxime)

Calcutta

(Croupier's Assistant (uncredited))

War Mamas

(Countess's Maid (uncredited))

We Have Our Moments

(Maid)

The Bad One

(Madame Pompier)

Live, Love and Learn

(The Dutchess (uncredited))

I Met My Love Again

(Marie (uncredited))

I'll Give a Million

(Wife (uncredited))

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

(Madame Odette Dessolles)

Scandal Sheet

(Flint's French Maid)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

(French Landlady (uncredited))

Nurse Edith Cavell

(Undetermined Role)

Pack Up Your Troubles

(Mme. Marchand)

Dangerously Yours

(Masseuse)

To Have and Have Not

(Cashier (uncredited))

The Eagle and the Hawk

(Fifi 'Fanny')

Design for Living

(Cafe Proprietress (uncredited))

Two Girls on Broadway

(Miss Apricots (uncredited))

Marie Galante

(French Girl)

Footlights and Fools

(Jo)

Forty Little Mothers

(Miss Porter)

The Song of Songs

(French Teacher)

What a Widow!

(Paulette)

Bal Tabarin

(Madame Ramquet)

What Price Hollywood?

(French Cook (uncredited))

The White Cliffs of Dover

(Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited))

Seventh Heaven

(Nurse)

The Humming Bird

(The Owl)

The Secret of Madame Blanche

(Marie (Uncredited))

Paris Underground

(Margot)

San Francisco

(Madame Albani (uncredited))

Svengali

(Mme. Vinard (uncredited))

Our Modern Maidens

(Parisian Housekeeper Annette (uncredited))