Francine Larrimore (born Francine La Remee, August 22, 1898 – March 7, 1975) was a French-born American stage and screen actress.

Biography

Born in Verdun, France, Larrimore came to the United States when a child. She was educated in New York City. Her parents were J. Louis La Remee and Sarah Adler, a sister of the Yiddish stage star

Jacob Adler Jacob Pavlovich Adler (Yiddish: יעקבֿ פּאַװלאָװיטש אַדלער; born Yankev P. Adler; February 12, 1855 – April 1, 1926)IMDB biography was a Jewish actor and star of Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and ...

and not to be confused with Jacob's third wife also named Sara. Jacob's children Stella and

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are her cousins. Her sister Stella Larrimore (1905–1960) was married to the stage and screen star Robert Warwick. Larrimore began her stage career in 1910. In 1926 she created the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway premiere of ''Chicago''. She played Theodora Gloucester in the 1921

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comedy '' Nice People''. She also appeared in ''Let Us Be Gay'' and ''Brief Moment''. She was part of the radio program ''

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'', in 1941. Her other Broadway credits include ''Spring Song'' (1934), ''Shooting Star'' (1933), ''This Was a Man'' (1926), ''His Queen'' (1925), ''Parasites'' (1924), ''Nancy Ann'' (1924), ''Nobody's Business'' (1923), ''Scandal'' (1919), ''Sometime'' (1918), ''Double Exposure'' (1918), ''Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' (1917), ''Here Comes the Bride'' (1917), ''Moonlight Mary'' (1916), ''Some Baby!'' (1915), ''The Salamander'' (1914), ''The Switchboard'' (1913), and ''Where There's a Will'' (1910). She appeared in a string of silent films in the 1910s, i.e. ''The Devil's Darling'' (1915, Mutual), ''The Princess From The Poorhouse'' aka ''

The Royal Pauper ''The Royal Pauper'' is a 1917 silent film starring Francine Larrimore and Richard Tucker. It was directed by Ben Turbett. Preserved in the collections of the Library of Congress and UCLA Film & Television Archives. Cast * Francine Larrimore as ...

'' (1917, Edison) and ''

Max Wants a Divorce ''Max Wants a Divorce'' is a 1917 American short film directed by Max Linder. Plot Max is forced to choose between losing his newly-wedded wife and a fortune. He hits upon a brilliant scheme: He will give his wife grounds for a divorce, secur ...

'' (1917, Essanay) co-starring

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. Most are now considered

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s. Her sound films number just two. She disappeared from acting in 1939.

Filmography

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A Woman's Resurrection ''A Woman's Resurrection'' is a lost 1915 silent drama based on Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel ''Resurrection''. William Fox produced the feature. Cast See also *1937 Fox vault fire *''Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept o ...

'' (1915) (*probably her debut billed as ''Frances Lorrimore'') *''The Devil's Darling'' (1915) *short *''

'' (1917) *''

'' (1917) *short *''Max in a Taxi'' (1917) *short *''Somewhere in America'' (1917) *''

John Meade's Woman ''John Meade's Woman'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Richard Wallace and written by John Bright, Vincent Lawrence, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Robert Tasker. The film stars Edward Arnold, Francine Larrimore, Gail Patrick, George Banc ...

'' (1937) *'' The Devil's Daughter'' (1939)

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