Adrienne Ames, 1920's Born Adrienne Ruth McClure in Fort Worth, Texas, Ames began her film career in 1927... she was usually cast as society women, or in musicals. She made thirty films during the 1930s with her biggest success in George White's Scandals (1934). She appeared with the three leading men from the 1931 version of Dracula (Bela Lugosi, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan) in The Death Kiss (1932).