Miss DuPont

Miss DuPont

Born: April 26, 1894
Died: February 6, 1973
in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
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). Although Stroheim is credited with discovering her, she had already made several films beginning in 1919 with The Day She Paid. Miss DuPont died in Palm Beach in 1973.

Movies for Miss DuPont...

The Wheel of Destiny
Title: The Wheel of Destiny
Released: September 30, 1927
Type: Movie
After suffering a blow on the head, brilliant scientist Forrest Stanley totally loses his memory. Wandering into a travelling carnival, Stanley manages to land a job as a fast-talking spieler. In this capacity, he meets and falls in love with fellow "carnie" Georgia Hale.
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Hula
Title: Hula
Character: Margaret Haldane
Released: August 28, 1927
Type: Movie
The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
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Mantrap
Title: Mantrap
Character: Mrs. Barker
Released: July 24, 1926
Type: Movie
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.
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Good and Naughty
Title: Good and Naughty
Character: Claire Fenton
Released: June 7, 1926
Type: Movie
Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.
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Accused
Title: Accused
Character: Rose Bailey
Released: December 3, 1925
Type: Movie
Cyrus Braidwood has a secret. His daughter Helen isn't actually his daughter--her father is a murderer, and Braidwood has been raising her as his own because he has her father's written confession hidden. One day her father manages to get ahold of the confession. Helen shows up at his apartment looking for it, which culminates in her and a young man she meets there being taken prisoner by a criminal gang.
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A Slave of Fashion
Title: A Slave of Fashion
Character: Madeline
Released: August 23, 1925
Type: Movie
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.
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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Title: Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Character: Gwendolyn Amersteth
Released: May 23, 1925
Type: Movie
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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So This Is Marriage?
Title: So This Is Marriage?
Character: Vera Kellogg
Released: November 26, 1924
Type: Movie
The only known copy of this film copy was reported to have been destroyed in the 1967 MGM Vault fire.
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The Broken Wing
Title: The Broken Wing
Character: Celia
Released: December 19, 1923
Type: Movie
An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot--who has lost his memory because of the crash--the girl has been praying for a husband, and believes that God has answered her prayers by sending him this handsome pilot. However, a local guerrilla leader has also had designs on the daughter, and comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition, make some money and win the girl in the bargain.
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The Man from Brodney's
Title: The Man from Brodney's
Character: Mrs. Browne
Released: December 16, 1923
Type: Movie
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
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The Common Law
Title: The Common Law
Character: Lily Neville
Released: August 30, 1923
Type: Movie
Valerie West, a beautiful artist's model, falls for wealthy artist Louis Neville. However, his aristocratic family doesn't approve of the relationship and persuades Valerie to promise that she won't marry him. She does, however, tell Louis that she will become his common-law wife on a certain date the following summer. Complications ensue.
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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Title: Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Character: Self
Released: November 5, 1922
Type: Movie
Another entry in the popular one-reel series.
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Foolish Wives
Title: Foolish Wives
Character: Helen Hughes
Released: January 11, 1922
Type: Movie
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
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False Kisses
Title: False Kisses
Released: November 21, 1921
Type: 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.
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The Rage of Paris
Title: The Rage of Paris
Character: Joan Coolidge
Released: September 25, 1921
Type: Movie
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.
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Bonnie May
Title: Bonnie May
Released: June 10, 1920
Type: Movie
Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endears herself to all, especially Victor Baron, the invalid son who has written the play. He begs her to stay on to help him write another play, despite the reluctance of his mother.
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The Day She Paid
Title: The Day She Paid
Released: December 21, 1919
Type: Movie
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.
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Lombardi, Ltd.
Title: Lombardi, Ltd.
Character: Muriel (as Patricia Hannan)
Released: October 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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.