French-born Renee Adoree (born Jeanne de la Fonte) was a bright shining star in Hollywood silent films of the 1920s. Born in 1898, Adoree was to die, the result of tuberculosis (diagnosed in 1930), in 1933, at the much too young age of 35.

I've always admired and appreciated, about Miss Adoree, that she never was cookie-cutter, and that she, while definitely beautiful, looked entirely like a "real" person. She always looked, and seemed, like someone you could easily know in real life. She never "put on" in any type way, plus was a superb actress. Miss Adoree's film performances were completely believable, and very human. Her sweet, expressive, sincere face conveyed so much, so readily. Scenes she performed come off as though she personally lived them, rather than as having been enacted.

Regarding her final illness and death (from Wikipedia):

By the end of 1930, Adorée had appeared in 45 films, the last four of which were sound pictures. That year, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and lived only a few years longer. Adorée went against her physician's advice by finishing her final film Call of the Flesh with Ramón Novarro. At its completion, she was rushed to a sanitarium in Prescott, Arizona, where she lay flat on her back for two years in an effort to regain her physical health. In April 1933, she left the sanitarium. At this point, it was thought she had recovered sufficiently to resume her screen career, but she swiftly weakened and her health declined day by day. She was moved from her modest home in the Tujunga Hills to the Sunland health resort in September 1933. // Adorée died there on 5 October 1933 in Tujunga, California....[She] left an estate valued at $2,429. The only heir was her mother, who lived in England....

Miss Adoree definitely is one of my fave female Silent stars. Many thanks to her for her terrific contributions to films. Via them, she'll live on forever.

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