- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAdrienne Ruth McClure
- Nickname
- Adrienne Truax
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Born in Fort Worth, TX, in 1907, Adrienne Ames hit Hollywood in the late 1920s. Although her career only lasted about ten years, she crammed a lot of living into it--high-profile marriages (and divorces) and her reputation as a clothes horse and glamour queen par excellence far outshone her reputation as an actress.
In 1933 she married Bruce Cabot after leaving her second husband, a rich New York City stockbroker, but she and Cabot only lasted four years. In her divorce she told the court that the main reason she left him was that he was a violent, uncontrollable drunk. In 1938 the pair appeared before a US Tax Appeals Board to explain why she wrote off more than $9000 in wardrobe and jewelry on her 1934 tax form, which she claimed was necessary for "professional reasons" (as was her maid). She claimed that her "daily expenses" included flowers, massages, taxis and beauty work.
Her career lasted from 1929-40, during which she appeared in about 30 films, mostly "B" pictures. The best-known of her movies would probably be You're Telling Me! (1934) with W.C. Fields. After her film career ended she worked as a radio commentator.
She died in New York City in 1947 after a long illness.
- IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpousesBruce Cabot(October 31, 1933 - April 6, 1937) (divorced)Stephen Ames(August 21, 1929 - October 30, 1933) (divorced)Derward Dumont Truax(1921 - 1924) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesGladys MacClure(Sibling)Phil Schoen(Grandchild)
- New York socialite and model. Glamour photographs of her so enticed a Paramount Pictures executive that she landed a contract without having to do a screen test. Essentially played herself on screen, bedecked in furs, satin and jewelry. In 1934, she filed for a $9,053 tax allowance for wardrobe expenses (today's equivalent of $146,000). Her most memorable performance was as the charming princess in You're Telling Me! (1934) with W.C. Fields.
- On May 31, 1947 Adrienne died of cancer. She was just forty-three years old. Her daughter and mother were at her bedside when she died.
- In 1927, Ames began her film career as a stand-in for Pola Negri.
- At the age of seventeen she married Derward Dumont Truax, a wealthy oil man, but her marriage was unhappy and she started an affair with actor Bruce Cabot. She then left her husband and married Bruce on October 31, 1933.
- Sister of actress Gladys MacClure.
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