Fontaine La Rue
born: 24 July 1890
Hermosillo,
Mexico
died: 13 September 1964
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(acute myelogenous leukemia, age 74)

Black haired, brown-eyed Mexican-born actress who began her career working for Mack Sennett in the mid 1910s. Her last known film appearance was in 1929. She is buried beside her mother and aunts in Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles.
One source lists her real name as Dorothy Rogers; her birth of 02 December 1897, Los Angeles; her death of 20 November 1976. All inaccurate.
Real name: Matilde Garcia Fernandez
Height: 5'1"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus all films with Charley Chase.

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1918
Cleopatsy
Cleopatsy
NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1915
Peanuts And Bullets
The maid they all love

1915
Love, Loot And Crash
Mary, the banker's daughter

Acknowledgements:
Jim Jarvis (help and information)
Mack Sennett's Fun Factory by Brent Walker
Hairpins and Dead Ends: The Perilous Journeys of 25 Actresses Through Early Hollywood by Michael G. Ankerich (2017 book).

This page was last updated on: 22 December 2017