Lou Tellegen
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Lou Tellegen in 1916
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| Born |
Isidore Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen November 26, 1881 Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands |
| Died | October 29, 1934 (aged 52) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Occupation | Actor, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1910 – 1934 |
| Spouse(s) |
Jeanne de Brouckère (m. 1903; div. 1905) Geraldine Farrar (m. 1916; div. 1923) Nina Romano (m. 1923; div. 1928) Eve Casanova (m. 1930; div. 1932) |
Lou Tellegen (November 26, 1881 – October 29, 1934) was a Dutch-born silent film and stage actor, director and screenwriter.
Born Isidore Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen, he was the illegitimate child of army lieutenant Isidore Louis Bernard Edmon Tellegen (1836–1902) and Anna Maria van Dommelen.
He left Sint-Oedenrode to make 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 based on the play by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
In 1910, he and Bernhardt travelled to the United States, where The New York Times first published, and then retracted, the announcement of their impending marriage. (She was 37 years his senior.) Back in France, in 1912 they made their second film together, Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (Queen Elizabeth), and the following year, Adrienne Lecouvreur. The latter is considered a lost film.
In the summer of 1913, Tellegen went to London where he produced and starred in the Oscar Wilde 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, both with Dorothy Davenport as his co-star. Considered one of the best-looking actors on screen, he followed up with three straight films starring opposite Geraldine Farrar.
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