She made the biggest splash, however, in horror and science fiction films, Universal was The Duel at Silver Creek (1952 with Audie Murphy). Signed a two-picture-per-year deal with Universal-International where, after years of promise, she was finally showcased in a number of memorable films. Neither Vendetta nor Where Danger Lives were box-office successes, and eventually Faith Domergue asked Hughes to end her contract. She once again signed with Howard Hughes and went to work on the RKO film Whereĭanger Lives. Glamorous promotional photos of Faith Domergueįollowing the birth of her daughter, Domergue returned to the US in 1950 and resumed her career. with Fregonese after shooting wrapped on the picture. The experience filming Vendetta proved so horrendous that Domergue was no longer eager to pursue an acting career. Wasn't released until 1950 due to a series of production mishaps, hirings, firings, and mismanagement by Howard Hughes, who spent nearly $4 million on the film's production. Production of the film actually began in 1947, although the film Faith Domergue's first major film role came in Vendetta (1950 with George Dolenz and Hillary Brooke). Of Italian descent who was born in Argentina. In 1947, she married Hugo Fregonese, a director After she completed her studies and graduated from high school, she began training as an actress. When she was still in high school, Domergue was put under contract by Warner Bros., but after Howard Hughes saw the beautiful budding actress, In the late 1920s, her family relocated to California, where Domergue went to school and Cossa, of cancer on Apat age 74 in Santa Barbara.Brunette beauty Faith Domergue was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jand was adopted a few weeks after birth. In 1972 she publishes “My Life with Howard Hughes”.įaith died, as Faith M. He wrote them that “he was in trouble smoking marijuana and feeling himself slip into a mental state of confusion”. Her last name was properly pronounced "Dah-mure," but was often mispronounced "Dommer-gue." Faith and her ex-husband, Fregonese, return from Europe to help their 19-year-old son John, who’s attending Loyola University in Los Angeles. She spoke French, Spanish, and Italian well. In 1968 she filmed her first Italian movie, "L'Amore Breve", in Trieste and at Cinecitta Studios, where she has some semi-nude scenes with Joan Collins. Other neat stuff: In the late 40’s she suffered a miscarriage while filming “Vendetta”. She had two children, Diana Maria Fregonese and John Anthony Fregonese. She is married to Cossa until his death at age 62. In the late 50’s Faith appeared in a string of European productions.įaith was married three times, Nightclub owner and bandleader Teddy Stauffer 1946-1947, Hugo Fregonese 1947-1958, and Paolo Cossa 1966–1992. She was in many “B” movies and Television shows. She also appeared in “The Atomic Man” (1955). “This Island Earth (1955)”, “It Came from Beneath the Sea” (1955) and “Cult of the Cobra (1955)” earning her a reputation as an early "scream queen". In 1955 she starred in three sci-fi/horror movies. In 1945 she went back to using the name Domergue. The affair continued until mid 1943 due to his affairs with other women. He mollified her adoptive parents by buying them a house. He then signed her to his studio RKO Pictures. He bought out her contract from Warner Brothers for $50,000. She appeared on the cover of Photoplay as Faith Dorn the name change, she later claimed, was "because Jack Warner was too stupid to pronounce Domergue".īillionaire Howard Hughes, 21 years her senior, became quickly infatuated with the teenager. Her first film was a walk on in “Blues in the Night” 1941. She spent 18 months undergoing intensive plastic surgery. Just after her graduation she was disfigured in a car accident when she was thrown into a windshield. In 1927 her adoptive parents took her to live in California. and Adabelle Domergue never told her she was adopted. She was adopted when she was six weeks old. She was part Creole but mostly of Irish and English decent. Sources differ on if it was 1924 or 1925. Faith Marie Domergue was born in New Orleans.
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