Annette DeFoe

{{short description|American actress (1888/89 – 1960)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Annette DeFoe

| image = JSwickard.jpg

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| 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

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Annette DeFoe (born Gertrude Marie Aucoin; {{birth based on age as of date |71 |1960|08|06|noage=1}} – August 6, 1960), 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.{{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}} She also acted with the Kalem Company in Jacksonville, Florida.{{cite book |last1=Slide |first1=Anthony |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}} In the early 1902s, DeFoe had leading roles in films made by John M. Stahl and Louis B. Mayer.

DeFoe died on August 6, 1960, at age 71{{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}} }} at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital.{{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}}