Miss DuPont

Acting

Miss DuPont

Born April 26, 1894 · Frankfurt, 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

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.
The Man from Brodney'sThe Man from Brodney's · 1923
The Man from Brodney's
★ 10.01923
MovieAdventureDrama
A drama of the India Seas that has Hollingsworth Chance, a young American, tangled in court intrigue to, is put to the supreme test to save the girl he loves, Princess Geneva
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.
The Day She PaidThe Day She Paid · 1919
The Day She Paid
★ 7.01919
MovieDrama
Manhattan model Marion Buckley hesitates to accept a marriage proposal from wealthy upstate department store owner Warren Rogers, a widower with two daughters, because of her previous affair with her employer Leon Kessler, who had promised to marry her.
HulaHula · 1927
Hula
★ 6.11927
MovieRomanceDrama
The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
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.
The Rage of ParisThe Rage of Paris · 1921
The Rage of Paris
★ 8.01921
MovieDrama
Forced into a loveless marriage by her mother, Joan Coolidge, a beautiful American girl, finds her husband a brute. She runs away to Paris and studies dancing and becomes The Rage of Paris.
Raffles: The Amateur CracksmanRaffles: The Amateur Cracksman · 1925
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
★ 6.41925
MovieRomanceAdventure
Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.

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