Miss DuPont

American actress (1894–1973)

Miss DuPont
DuPont in 1924
Born	Patricia Hannon (1894-04-28)April 28, 1894 Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	February 6, 1973(1973-02-06) (aged 78) Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Other names	Patty DuPont
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1927
Spouse	Sylvanus Stokes (m. 1928)

Miss DuPont (born Patricia Hannon; April 28, 1894 – February 6, 1973) was an American film actress and fashion designer.^[1] She is perhaps best known for her roles in Foolish Wives (1922) and for a supporting role in the Clara Bow vehicle Mantrap (1926).

Biography

Sometimes credited as Patty DuPont, Miss DuPont was born as Patricia Hannon^[1] in Frankfort, Kentucky,^[2]^[3] though sources sometimes state her place of birth as Frankfort, Indiana.^[1] She appeared as a wealthy and naive American woman seduced by Erich von Stroheim's odious count in Foolish Wives (1922). Although Stroheim is credited with discovering her, she had already made several films beginning in 1919 with The Day She Paid.

She was the second wife of Sylvanus Stokes. They met while he was traveling in Los Angeles shortly after his 1926 divorce from his first wife, Margaret Fahnestock Stokes,^[4] and were married in January, 1928. She was living on Via Linda in Palm Beach, Florida, near the Palm Beach Country Club, in 1958. Miss DuPont died in Palm Beach in 1973.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
The Day She Paid (1919)
Bonnie May (1920)
The Rage of Paris (1921)
Prisoners of Love (1921)
False Kisses (1921)
Foolish Wives (1922)
The Golden Gallows (1922) *unknown/presumably lost
A Wonderful Wife (1922)
Shattered Dreams (1922)
Brass (1923)
The Broken Wing (1923)
The Common Law (1923) *lost film
The Man from Brodney's (1923) *incomplete
What Three Men Wanted (1924)
So This Is Marriage? (1924) *lost film
One Night in Rome (1924)
Sinners in Silk (1924) *lost film
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925)
Three Keys (1925)
Accused (1925)
Defend Yourself (1925)
A Slave of Fashion (1925) *lost film
Good and Naughty (1926) *lost film
Mantrap (1926)
That Model from Paris (1926)
Hula (1927)
The Wheel of Destiny (1927)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Miss du Pont | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos".
^ Wing, Ruth (1923). "Miss DuPont". The Blue Book of the Screen. Hollywood, California.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Fox, Charles Donald (1925). "Miss DuPont". Famous Film Folk. New York: George H. Doran Company.
^ "Ca 1920 Louis Vuitton Dresser Trunk - Rare! No Reserve! | #46016111".