Fontaine La Rue
Acting
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.
Gold from Weepah
Pearl
His New York Wife
Julia Hewitt
Flyin' Thru
Sybil
Love on the Rio Grande
Trigger Fingers
Wetona
The Torrent
Dancing Girl
Unseen Hands
Madame Le Quintrec
Daughters of Today
Mrs. Mantell
The Showdown
The Love Letter
A Blind Bargain
Mrs. Lamb
Oh, Mabel Behave
The Barmaid
The Bear Cat
Mary Lang
The Dangerous Little Demon
Helene Westley
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
The Secret Code
The Isle of Love
Exit the Vamp
Mrs. Willy Strong
The Great Impersonation
Princess Eiderstrom
Beyond
Mrs. Langley
The Lost Romance
Elizabeth Erskine
The Faith Healer
Mary Beeler
Two Kinds of Love
Sita
The Sins of Rosanne
Rachel Bangat
A Prohibition Monkey
Human Stuff
Boka
An Adventuress
The Woman Under Cover
Yvonne Leclaire
The Man Beneath
Countess Petite Florence
Boots
Mme. De Valdee
Borrowed Clothes
Rita Morris (as Fontine La Rue)
Who Killed Walton?
Elsa Armytage
Did She Do Wrong?
Wronged by Mistake
Cactus Nell
The Gent's Accomplice
His Naughty Thought
Babe Delores
Stolen Magic
Secondary Supporting Role
Mabel Lost and Won
Mabel's Rival
Love, Loot and Crash
Mary, The Banker's Daughter
Droppington's Family Tree
Cabaret Dancer
The Home Breakers
Mts. Walrus
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Peanuts and Bullets
The Maid They All Love