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Lou Tellegen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lou Tellegen (born Isidor Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen, November 26, 1881 – October 29, 1934) was a Dutch-born silent film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter. Tellegen made his stage debut in Amsterdam in 1903, and over the next few years built a reputation to the point where he was invited to perform in Paris, eventually co-starring in several roles with Sarah Bernhardt, with whom he was involved romantically. In 1910, he made his motion picture debut alongside Bernhardt in La dame aux camélias, a silent film made in France. In the summer of 1913, Tellegen went to London where he produced and starred in Oscar Wilde's play The Picture of Dorian Gray. Invited back to the United States, Tellegen worked in theatre and made his first American film in 1915, titled The Explorer, followed by The Unknown. Considered one of the best-looking actors on screen, he followed up with three straight films starring with Geraldine Farrar (his wife 1916-1923). Tellegen married a total of four times. He became an American citizen in 1918. Tellegen appeared in numerous films before his face was damaged in a fire on Christmas Day 1929, when he fell asleep while smoking. He had extensive plastic surgery in 1931. Fame fading, employment not forthcoming, and ridden with debt, he filed for bankruptcy. He was diagnosed with cancer, though this information was kept from him, and he became despondent. In 1931, he wrote his autobiography Women Have Been Kind. On October 29, 1934, while a guest in the Cudahy Mansion at 1844 North Vine Street in Hollywood (now the site of the Vine-Franklin underpass of the Hollywood Freeway), Tellegen locked himself in the bathroom, then shaved and powdered his face. Then, while standing in front of a full-length mirror, he committed suicide by stabbing himself with a pair of sewing scissors seven times. Tellegen was cremated and his remains scattered at sea.


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Born:
Nov 26, 1881 In Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Movie/TV Credits:
21
First Appeared:
In the movie Camille 1912-01-02
Latest Project:
Movie Together We Live 1935-08-16
Known For
Poster of The Outsider
Poster of Parisian Nights
Poster of After Business Hours
Poster of The Victoria Cross
Filmography
Movie Together We Live Bischofsky 1935-08-16
Movie Enemies of the Law Eddie Swan 1931-07-21
Movie The Princess from Hoboken Prince Anton Balakrieff 1927-03-01
Movie Married Alive James Duxbury 1927-07-17
Movie The Outsider Anton Ragatzy 1926-01-17
Movie Siberia Egor Kaplan 1926-03-28
Movie Womanpower The Broker 1926-09-19
Movie 3 Bad Men Sheriff Layne Hunter 1926-08-28
Movie After Business Hours John King 1925-06-16
Movie The Redeeming Sin Lupin 1925-01-25
Movie Parisian Love Pierre Marcel 1925-08-01
Movie Parisian Nights Jean 1925-09-27
Movie East Lynne Sir Francis Levison 1925-11-23
Movie Greater Than Marriage John Masters 1924-11-16
Movie The World and Its Woman Prince Michael Orbeliana 1919-09-06
Movie Flame of the Desert Sheik Essad 1919-10-26
Movie The Victoria Cross Maj Ralph Seton 1916-12-14
Movie The Unknown Richard Farquhar 1915-12-09
Movie Adrienne Lecouvreur 1913-01-01
Movie Camille Armand Duval 1912-01-02
Movie Queen Elizabeth Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex 1912-08-16