- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMae Elizabeth Hampton
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Hope Hampton was born on February 19, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for The Light in the Dark (1922), The Gold Diggers (1923) and Lawful Larceny (1923). She was married to Jules Brulatour. She died on January 23, 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseJules Brulatour(August 22, 1923 - October 26, 1946) (his death)
- Opera singer
- Blonde silent screen actress who played sirens and flapper types.
- Met film executive Jules Brulatour (married at the time) in the early 1920s and became his Marion Davies-like mistress for several years while he built up her film career. Unlike Davies, Hampton married Brulatour in 1923 and made it legit.
- Retiring to become one of New York's top socialites, she and her Brulatour lived in one of the last single-family homes on apartment-filled Park Avenue. She would be later be dubbed "The Duchess of Park Avenue" by columnist Earl Wilson.
- After retiring from motion pictures at the dawn of sound, she turned to opera and made her debut with the Philadelphia Opera Company in "Manon," then toured with the Met in "La Boheme," "Faust" and "Romeo and Juliet."
- Glamour is finished. I don't want my picture in the papers next to a girl with jeans on. [mid-1970s interview]
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