Miss DuPont

Acting

Miss DuPont

Born April 26, 1894 · Frankfort, Kentucky, USA

Died February 6, 1973 · aged 78

Miss DuPont (April 28, 1894 – February 6, 1973) was an American film actress and fashion designer. Sometimes credited as Patty DuPont, Miss DuPont was born as Patricia Hannon in Frankfort, Kentucky, though sources sometimes state her place of birth as Frankfort, Indiana. She appeared as a wealthy and naive American woman seduced by Erich von Stroheim's odious count in Foolish Wives (1922). Althoug…

Known For

HulaHula · 1927
Hula
6.11927
MovieRomanceDrama
The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
So This Is Marriage?So This Is Marriage? · 1924
So This Is Marriage?
7.01924
MovieDrama
After five years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has difficulty paying the bills. Daniel Rankin, who lives in the same apartment building, becomes attracted to Beth and arranges with the Marsh chauffeur to have her car break down, allowing him to offer assistance and gracefully introduce himself; Rankin later invites her to a dance. Resenting Rankin's attentions to his wife, Peter forbids her to go. However, Beth accompanies Rankin to spite her husband, and Rankin proposes that she divorce Peter and become his wife. A lost film.
False KissesFalse Kisses · 1921
False Kisses
9.01921
Movie
Jennie Blake, a schoolteacher from the city, comes between Paul Whalen and Jim Payne, fishing partners in the seaport town of Rocky Point, and is unable to decide which one she loves until Jim loses his temper and is beaten in a fight by Paul.
Foolish WivesFoolish Wives · 1922
Foolish Wives
6.51922
MovieDramaThriller
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
MantrapMantrap · 1926
Mantrap
6.21926
MovieWesternComedy
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
A Slave of FashionA Slave of Fashion · 1925
A Slave of Fashion
6.01925
MovieComedyRomance
Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in a train wreck in which another woman is killed. Katherine finds the woman's purse and, among its contents, discovers an invitation for the woman to spend 6 months in an unoccupied luxury apartment in Manhattan. Katherine seizes this opportunity and sets up housekeeping in the elegant suite, living well and dressing in the newest fashions.
Good and NaughtyGood and Naughty · 1926
Good and Naughty
7.01926
MovieComedyRomance
Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.
Lombardi, Ltd.Lombardi, Ltd. · 1919
Lombardi, Ltd.
10.01919
MovieComedy
Tito Lombardi a Fifth Avenue dress designer, causes his business to suffer by his generous dispensation of credit to clients, one of whom, Max Strohm, the manager of a musical review, has promised payment for his girls' lavish costumes as soon as the show makes money. To the dismay of Norah Blake, Lombardi's faithful assistant, who loves him, Lombardi proposes to Phyllis Manning, one of the showgirls, and presents her with his finest creations, while not even attempting to kiss her, as she puts off setting a wedding date and also accepts the attentions of wealthy bachelor Bob Tarrant.

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