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person_profile-Lou Tellegen

Lou Tellegen Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lou Tellegen

Date of Birth:

Nov 26, 1881

Country of birth:

Netherlands

Died:

Oct 29, 1934

Biography of

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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Lou Tellegen

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Filmography of

Lou Tellegen

Found 22 Movies in total

Together We Live

Bischofsky ( Actor )

... 1935

Enemies of the Law

Eddie Swan ( Actor )

... 1931

Married Alive

James Duxbury ( Actor )

... 1927

The Princess from Hoboken

Prince Anton Balakrieff ( Actor )

... 1927

Womanpower

The Broker ( Actor )

... 1926

3 Bad Men

Sheriff Layne Hunter ( Actor )

... 1926

The Silver Treasure

Sotillo - the Bandit ( Actor )

... 1926

Siberia

Egor Kaplan ( Actor )

... 1926

The Outsider

Anton Ragatzy ( Actor )

... 1926

East Lynne

Sir Francis Levison ( Actor )

... 1925

Parisian Nights

Jean ( Actor )

... 1925

Parisian Love

Pierre Marcel ( Actor )

... 1925

After Business Hours

John King ( Actor )

... 1925

The Redeeming Sin

Lupin ( Actor )

... 1925

Greater Than Marriage

John Masters ( Actor )

... 1924

Flame of the Desert

Sheik Essad ( Actor )

... 1919

The World and Its Woman

Prince Michael Orbeliana ( Actor )

... 1919

The Black Wolf

The Black Wolf ( Actor )

... 1917

The Victoria Cross

Maj Ralph Seton ( Actor )

... 1916

The Unknown

Richard Farquhar ( Actor )

... 1915

... 1913

Queen Elizabeth

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex ( Actor )

... 1912