Adrienne Ames (born Ruth Adrienne McClure; August , â€" May , ) was
an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as
Adrienne Truex.Ames was born in Fort Worth, Texas, one of six children
of Samuel Hugh McClure and Flora Parthenia (née Potter) McClure,Ames
began her film career in as a stand-in for Pola Negri. Ames was soon
cast in small film roles in silent films. With the advent of talking
pictures, Ames' popularity grew and she was usually cast as society
women, or in musicals. She made thirty films during the s with her
biggest success in George White's Scandals (). She appeared with the
three leading men from the version of Dracula (Bela Lugosi, David
Manners, and Edward Van Sloan) in The Death Kiss ().By the end of the
decade, Ames' popularity had diminished and, discouraged,[citation
needed] she left Hollywood for New York. In , she was host of two talk
shows on station WHN in New York City. Her schedule included
broadcasts at noon and : p.m. six days a week and : p.m. broadcasts on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. She continued broadcasting until
two weeks before her death in .
an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as
Adrienne Truex.Ames was born in Fort Worth, Texas, one of six children
of Samuel Hugh McClure and Flora Parthenia (née Potter) McClure,Ames
began her film career in as a stand-in for Pola Negri. Ames was soon
cast in small film roles in silent films. With the advent of talking
pictures, Ames' popularity grew and she was usually cast as society
women, or in musicals. She made thirty films during the s with her
biggest success in George White's Scandals (). She appeared with the
three leading men from the version of Dracula (Bela Lugosi, David
Manners, and Edward Van Sloan) in The Death Kiss ().By the end of the
decade, Ames' popularity had diminished and, discouraged,[citation
needed] she left Hollywood for New York. In , she was host of two talk
shows on station WHN in New York City. Her schedule included
broadcasts at noon and : p.m. six days a week and : p.m. broadcasts on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. She continued broadcasting until
two weeks before her death in .
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