Yvonne Gardelle

Yvonne Gardelle
Gardelle in 1927
Born
Alice Yvonne Clark

(1897-10-07)October 7, 1897
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJuly 21, 1979(1979-07-21) (aged 81)
Oceanside, California
Other namesYvonne Chappelle, Alice Y. Gardner, Yvonne Riddle
OccupationsActress, dancer, artist's model
SpouseRoy L. Brooks (divorced 1921)[1]

Carlton Gardelle (1922–1923)[2][3]

Mel Riddle (married 1925)[4][5]

Yvonne Gardelle (October 7, 1897 – July 21, 1979), born Alice Yvonne Clark, also known as Alice Y. Gardner, Yvonne Chappelle, or Yvonne Riddle, was an American actress in silent films, a dancer and an artist's model.

Early life

Alice Yvonne Clark was born in Chicago. As "Yvonne Gardelle", she was presented in early press as the daughter of a French dancer,[6][7] and the adopted daughter of sculptor Carlton Gardelle, who raised her as his own from early childhood.[8] She married Gardelle in 1922.[9]

After they divorced, she denounced that origin story as a "lurid fabrication",[10] explaining to a Los Angeles newspaper in 1924 that "I never met Mr. Gardelle, whose real name is Gardner, until I was 13 years old."[11] She resumed the name "Yvonne Chappelle" to further remove herself from Gardelle.[10]

Career

Yvonne Chappelle started her career as a young dancer in vaudeville.[6][12] In 1914, she danced in a minimal costume as the lead in a pageant called "Revels of Daphne", performed at the General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Chicago.[13] The pageant was directed by Clyde A. Gardner,[14] later known as "Carlton Gardelle".[2][15]

Yvonne Chappelle was announced among the cast principals for the Atlantic City, NJ opening of the Ziegfeld Follies.[16]

As Yvonne Chappelle she had small roles in two silent films, As a Woman Sows (1916) and Restitution (1918). As Yvonne Gardelle, she appeared in three more silent films, The Tree of Knowledge (1920), directed by William C. DeMille, The Prince Chap (1920),[8] also directed by William C. DeMille, and Occasionally Yours (1920), directed by James W. Horne and starring Lew Cody.[17] She appeared on screen without clothing as Lilith in a Garden of Eden sequence in The Tree of Knowledge, with Russian dancer Theodore Kosloff.[18][19] She was promoted as "physically perfect" in the publicity surrounding The Prince Chap.[20] In 1921, she appeared in "a series of bathing scenes" in a touring show, Kismet, starring Otis Skinner.[21]

While appearing in a 1925 production of The Ten Commandments, Chappelle modeled with a new automobile, the Auburn Wanderer; the car was advertised as a "sedan by day, bedroom by night", for its convertible back compartment.[22] She also made a 1925 publicity trip in the Diana sedan by Moon Motors.[23] Also in 1925, she sued the Pacific Electric Railway for injuries to her leg, after she was involved in a car accident with a Pacific Electric rail car.[4][24] In 1926 she sang on a radio broadcast,[25] and was a finalist in a newspaper beauty contest in Los Angeles.[26][27]

Yvonne Chappelle Riddle opened a dance school in Tarzana in 1930.[28][29] She also worked in real estate in the 1930s.[30] With her third husband, she wrote a show, Frieda Drake, Proprietor (1942).[31]

Personal life

She was married to an actor, Roy L. Brooks; they divorced in 1921.[1] She married Carlton Gardelle in 1922.[2][32] They divorced in 1923.[3][33] She married again by the end of 1925,[4] to Mel Riddle, a theatrical publicist.[5] Riddle wrote a song, 'Yvonne', in her honor.[34][35] She died in 1979, aged 81 years, in Oceanside, California.

References

  1. ^ a b "Noted Beauty is Awarded Divorce". Los Angeles Herald. March 30, 1921. pp. A11. Retrieved March 20, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  2. ^ a b c "How He Married the 'Daughter' Who Inspired Him". The Buffalo Times. 1923-03-11. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Yvonne Gardelle Sues for Divorce". The Buffalo Times. 1923-03-06. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Noted Model, Beauty Sues P. E. for $7700". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1925-09-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Yvonne Chappelle Recovering Rapidly". Daily News. 1927-01-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Want to be Graceful? Work is the Secret". The Los Angeles Times. 1919-06-30. p. 19. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yvonne Gardelle Signed". Camera!: 14. July 6, 1919 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ a b Fox, Charles Donald; Silver, Milton L. (1920). Who's who on the Screen. Ross publishing Company. p. 309.
  9. ^ "On the Camera Coast". Motion Picture. 25: 116. April 1923.
  10. ^ a b "Famed Artist Model Reveals Studio Life". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1924-11-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Here's More About Artist Model's Life (continued)". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1924-11-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Noted Artist-Model Has Row With Gotham Theater 'Angel'". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1924-11-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Drapery, or Absence of It, at Pageant Shocks Women". The Shreveport Journal. 1914-06-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Scene in Pageant in Honor of Biennial Visitors". Chicago Tribune. 1914-06-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Sculptor Weds Model He Adopted as a Baby". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-02-11. p. 105. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "New Ziegfeld Follies at Atlantic City N.J." The Stand Union. Brooklyn, NY. June 6, 1917. p. 8.
  17. ^ "Lew Cody Will be Seen in Feature at the Allen Theater". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1920-10-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Screen Bookings". Star Tribune. 1920-03-14. p. 66. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Orpheum". Akron Evening Times. 1920-06-02. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Physically Perfect Woman is Model for Prince Chap". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. 1921-01-04. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "'Kismet' (advertisement)". News-Journal. 1921-03-30. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Latest Model of Auburn on Display Here". The Los Angeles Times. 1925-08-02. p. 116. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Diana, Goddess of Ancients, Inspires Diana of Moderns". News-Pilot. 1925-11-04. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Wants $7,702 for Shapely Leg Damaged in Collision". The News Tribune. 1925-10-02. p. 32. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Film Actress to Give New Song Over Radio KNX". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1926-01-21. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Brunette Beauty Wins Over Blonde in 'News' Contest". Daily News. 1926-11-19. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Gentlemen's Attitude on Blondes Heard Tomorrow". Daily News. 1926-11-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ McDonald, Ruth (1930-09-26). "Tarzana Notes". The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Birthday Dinner Party". The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet. 1930-10-10. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "Fur Stolen from Vacant Property". Van Nuys News. March 8, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved March 20, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  31. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1942). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. p. 726.
  32. ^ "Yvonne Gardelle Weds Foster Father". The Buffalo Times. 1923-01-21. p. 71. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ^ "His Romance is on the Rocks". The Herald Democrat. March 30, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved March 20, 2022 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  34. ^ "To Feature 'Yvonne'". The Los Angeles Times. 1925-12-21. p. 25. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ^ "Publicity and Composition". The Los Angeles Times. 1925-12-06. p. 88. Retrieved 2022-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
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