Matilda Fernández, stage name Fontaine La Rue (December 2, 1897 in Sonora, Mexico – November 20, 1976)^{[citation needed]} was an American silent film actress appearing in films from 1918 to 1929.[1] Her career ended with the advent of talkies.^{[citation needed]} She began films using the name Dora Rodgers, but reinvented herself with the name Fontaine La Rue, tiring of playing vamps.^{[citation needed]} On occasions she would switch between the names. Notably she appeared in the lost film, A Blind Bargain with Lon Chaney.

Fontaine La Rue
La Rue in 1923
Born	Matilda Fernandez December 2, 1897 Sonora, Mexico.
Died	November 20, 1976 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California
Resting place	Whittier, California
Other names	Dora Rodgers
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Victor Garcia Rojas

Selected filmography

• Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915) (short)
• Love, Loot and Crash (1915) (short)
• Mabel Lost and Won (1915) (short)
• Boots (1919)
• The Man Beneath (1919)
• The Woman Under Cover (1919)
• The Fatal Sign (1920)
• An Adventuress (1920)
• Human Stuff (1920)
• The Sins of Rosanne (1920)
• The Faith Healer (1921)
• The Lost Romance (1921)
• Beyond (1921)
• The Great Impersonation (1921)
• Exit the Vamp (1921)
• Oh, Mabel Behave (1922)
• The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)
• The Bearcat (1922)
• The Radio King (1922)
• A Blind Bargain (1923)
• Daughters of Today (1924)
• Unseen Hands (1924)
• Trigger Fingers (1924)
• The Torrent (1924)
• His New York Wife (1926)
• Gold from Weepah (1927)
• West of the Rockies (1929)

References

External links

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