Adrienne Ames (
August 3,
1907 –
May 31,
1947) was an
American film actress.
Born
Adrienne Ruth McClure in
Fort Worth, Texas, Ames began her film career in
1927 as a stand-in for
Pola Negri. A strikingly glamorous woman, 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
1930s with her biggest success in
George White's Scandals (
1934), a film which was also notable as the debut of
Alice Faye.
By the end of the decade, Ames' popularity had diminished and she retired in the early
1940s. Ames was married three times, including to actor
Bruce Cabot from 1933 until 1937.
She has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures at 1612 Vine Street.
She died in
New York, New York from
cancer and was interred in the Oakwood Cemetery in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.
