Rubye De Remer
Born
Ruby Burkhardt

(1892-01-09)January 9, 1892
DiedMarch 17, 1984(1984-03-17) (aged 92)
Years active1917–1936
SpouseBen Throop (1924 - ?)

Rubye De Remer (born Ruby Burkhard; January 9, 1892 – March 18, 1984)[1] was an American dancer and actress in silent films.[2] She began her stage career with the Midnight Frolic, a Florenz Ziegfeld show, in New York City.

Film actress

Rubye De Remer in 1925

Her first film role came in 1917 in Enlighten Thy Daughter, a picture directed by Ivan Abramson. The Fox Film comedy, The Evil Eye (1920), starred De Remer, Catherine Calvert and Eugene O'Brien. As Christine, in Pilgrims of the Night (1921), she played a hand organ while a monkey on a leash accompanied her through the streets of New York City. She worked for Associated Producers, acting opposite Lewis Stone in a number of films. One of these was Passersby, a Frothingham production, adapted from the E. Phillips Oppenheim novel. Among her final starring films were three features directed by Marcel Perez: The Way Women Love (1920), Luxury (1921), and Unconquered Woman (1922).

Ideal beauty

French artist Paul Helleu chose De Remer as his ideal of American beauty in 1920.[3] Florenz Ziegfeld called De Remer the most beautiful blonde since Venus.[citation needed]

Marriage

On April 7, 1924, De Remer wed Scranton, Pennsylvania, coal and iron magnate Dr. Benjamin Throop 2nd (1889–1935) in Paris, France. Her husband- she was his second wife- reportedly spent the entire family fortune by the time of his death. De Remer's Hollywood Hills home- Sunkist- was so high above the movie colony that it was said the clouds park right in her front yard.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1917 Enlighten Thy Daughter Ruth Stevens Lost film
Tillie Wakes Up Mrs. Luella Pipkins
Two Men and a Woman Lost film
The Auction Block Lorelei Knight Lost film
1918 We Should Worry Miss Ashton Lost film
Ashes of Love Ethel Woodridge
Pals First Jean Logan Lost film
Life's Greatest Problem Alice Webster
For Freedom Mary Fenton Lost film
1919 The Great Romance Althea Hanway Lost film
Fires of Faith Agnes Traverse, His Fiancée Lost film
Dust of Desire Beth Vinton Lost film
1920 His Temporary Wife Annabelle Rose Lost film
A Fool and His Money Aline Lost film
The Way Women Love Judith Reytnard Lost film
1921 The Passionate Pilgrim Miriam Calverly Incomplete film
Luxury Blanche Young Lost film
Pilgrims of the Night Christine Lost film
1922 Unconquered Woman Helen Chapelle Lost film
1923 The Glimpses of the Moon Mrs. Ellie Vanderlyn Lost film
Don't Marry for Money Marion Whitney Lost film
1925 A Fool and His Money Lost film
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy Mrs. Bellamy

References

  1. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Rubye De Remer: Broadway Photographs(Univ. of South Carolina)
  3. ^ "Rubye De Remer is Chosen as Premier American Beauty: French Artist's Decision Reached After Careful Search - Star Working in Arrow Picture". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 11 (25): 44. December 18, 1920.

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