Hope Hampton

At 84 years old, Hope Hampton has this physical status:

Hope Hampton (Mae Elizabeth Hampton; February 19, 1897 to January 23, 1982) was an American silent motion picture actress and producer who was known for her elissive portrayal of siren and flapper characters in silent-picture roles during the 1920s.

She was also a budding opera singer at one time.

Early life

When serving as an extra for director Maurice Tourneur, Texas-born, Philadelphia-bred beauty contest winner Hampton was discovered by U.S. silent cinema pioneer Jules Brulatour. She made her screen debut in 1920's A Modern Salome and went on to appear in several Brulatour-financed films. Randolph Scott and Glenda Farrell played her last on stage in The Road to Reno (1938). Hampton welcomed Brulatour in 1923, and the pair stayed married until his death in 1946.

Later life

Estelle Liebling, the voice instructor of Beverly Sills, trained Hampton as an opera performer. She transitioned from motion pictures to opera at the start of sound, making her debut with the Philadelphia Opera in Manon. A look at the company's online archives shows that she never visited the Metropolitan Opera. She shot in The Road to Reno (1938), her husband's film directed by her husband, and she returned to the screen. She was later identified as The Duchess of Park Avenue, a leading figure in New York's social scene, before being identified as The Duchess of Park Avenue.

In 1978, she was crowned Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball. She presided with King Arthur Tracy.

She died as a result of a heart attack at the age of 84.

Personal life

Hampton and Brulatour were on honeymoon in Egypt, where a Sheikh offered Brulatour £10,000 British pounds to buy his wife. Brulatour smiled at the Sheikh and told him that Mrs. Brulatour's jewelry were worth more than double.

On Park Avenue (built in 1885 and redesigned in 1921 by Emery Roth), it was listed for $9 million in 2016.

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