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Born Adrienne Ruth McClure in Fort Worth, Texas, Ames began her film career in 1927 as a stand-in for Pola Negri. A strikingly glamorous woman, Ames was soon cast in small film roles in silent films. With the advent of talking pictures, Ames popularity grew and she was usually cast as society women, or in musicals. She made thirty films during the 1930s with her biggest success in George White`s Scandals (1934), a film which was also notable as the debut of Alice Faye.
By the end of the decade Ames` popularity had diminished and she retired in the early 1940s.
Ames was married three times including a marriage to the actor Bruce Cabot from 1933 until 1937.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures at 1612 Vine Street.
She died in New York, New York from cancer and was interred in the Oakwood Cemetery in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.
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