Adrienne D'Ambricourt
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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.
Acting
Movie
Casablanca
as Concierge (uncredited)
1943
Movie
To Have and Have Not
as Cashier (uncredited)
1945
Movie
Design for Living
as Cafe Proprietress (uncredited)
1933
Movie
San Francisco
as Madame Albani (uncredited)
1936
Movie
Peter Ibbetson
as Nun (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Svengali
as Mme. Vinard (uncredited)
1931
Movie
History Is Made at Night
as French Woman (uncredited)
1937
Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as French Landlady (uncredited)
1939
Movie
What Price Hollywood?
as French Cook (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Experiment Perilous
as French Instructor (uncredited)
1944
Movie
The Song of Songs
as French Teacher
1933
Movie
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Fifi 'Fanny'
1933
Movie
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)
1944
Movie
Calcutta
as Croupier's Assistant (uncredited)
1946
Movie
City in Darkness
as Hotel Proprietress
1939
Movie
Saratoga Trunk
as Grandmother Dulaine (uncredited)
1945
Movie
Seventh Heaven
as Nurse
1937
Movie
Our Modern Maidens
as Parisian Housekeeper Annette (uncredited)
1929
Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as Therese
1939
Movie
This Modern Age
as Marie
1931
Movie
Marie Galante
as French Girl
1934
Movie
Joan of Paris
1942
Movie
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Undetermined Role
1939
Movie
Stingaree
as French Mother (uncredited)
1934