Adrienne Ames (born Ruth Adrienne McClure;[1] August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947) was an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as Adrienne Truex.[2][3]
Early years
Ames was born in Fort Worth, Texas, one of six children of Samuel Hugh McClure and Flora Parthenia (née Potter) McClure.[citation needed]
Ames left Hollywood for New York. In 1941, she was hostess of two talk shows on station WHN in New York City.[5] Her schedule included broadcasts at noon and 3:30 p.m. six days a week and 7:30 p.m. broadcasts on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.[6] She continued broadcasting until two weeks before her death in 1947.[5]
Television
In December 1941, Ames began a weekly series of movie-review programs on WNBT in New York City. The 10-minute programs ran on Tuesday afternoons.[7]
Personal life
Ames was married three times. In 1920, at the age of 13 or 14, she married Derward Dumont Truax, the son of an oil businessman. They had a daughter, and divorced in 1924.[8] A later marriage to broker Stephen Ames ended in divorce on October 30, 1933.[9] Her last marriage, on October 31, 1933, was to fellow actor Bruce Cabot; they divorced on July 24, 1935.[10]
Death
Ames died of cancer on May 31, 1947, in New York City, aged 39.[11] She is interred in the Oakwood Cemetery in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.[12]
