{{short description|American actress (1888/89 – 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}} {{More citations needed |date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Annette DeFoe | image = JSwickard.jpg | image_size = | caption = Annette DeFoe and Josef Swickard in ''An Aerial Joy Ride'' | birth_name = Gertrude Marie Aucoin | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |71 |1960|08|06|noage=1}} | birth_place = Ohio, U.S. | death_date = August 6, 1960, aged 71 | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = silent screen actress | spouse = }}
'''Annette DeFoe''' (born '''Gertrude Marie Aucoin'''; {{birth based on age as of date |71 |1960|08|06|noage=1}} – August 6, 1960),<ref name=nyt/> also known as '''Annette De Foe''', was an American silent screen actress, known for her work in early romantic comedies.
DeFoe acted in stock theater in New Orleans before going to Los Angeles to perform for the E & R Jungle Film Company. She debuted with that company in the farce ''Hitting the High Places''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Los Angeles Film Brevities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qgbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Annette+De+Foe%22&pg=RA22-PA7 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |work=The Moving Picture World |date=June 10, 1916 |page=1867}}</ref> She also acted with the Kalem Company in Jacksonville, Florida.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Slide |first1=Anthony | authorlink = Anthony Slide|title=Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins |year=2012 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-61703-474-9 |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Echbr2LMCvIC&q=%22Annette+De+Foe%22&pg=PA119 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In the early 1902s, DeFoe had leading roles in films made by John M. Stahl and Louis B. Mayer.<ref name=":0" />
DeFoe died on August 6, 1960, at age 71<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=Ammette De Foe |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/115185028 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=August 8, 1960 |page=21|id={{ProQuest|115185028}} }}</ref> at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Silent Screen Actress Gertrude Aucoin Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34532291/annette-defoe-gertrude-aucoin-obit-in/ |access-date=December 13, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=August 7, 1960 |page=37|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''One Clear Call'' (1922) – Yetta * ''Lone Hand Wilson'' (1920) – Lolita Hansen * ''Fame and Fortune'' (1918) – Mattie Carson * ''Indiscreet Corinne'' (1917) – Florette * ''The Girl in the Garret'' (1917) * ''An Aerial Joy Ride'' (1917) – Daughter * ''The Red Stain'' (1917) * ''Social Pirates'' (1917)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0214517|name=Annette DeFoe}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:DeFoe, Annette}} Category:American stage actresses Category:American silent film actresses Category:American film actresses Category:Actresses from Ohio Category:1880s births Category:1960 deaths Category:20th-century American actresses
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