Background
Sometimes credited as Patty DuPont, she was born Patricia Hannon in Frankfort, Kentucky, though sources sometimes state her place of birth as Frankfort, Indiana.
Sometimes credited as Patty DuPont, she was born Patricia Hannon in Frankfort, Kentucky, though sources sometimes state her place of birth as Frankfort, Indiana.
She appeared as a wealthy and naive American woman seduced by Erich von Stroheim"s odious count in Foolish Wives (1922). Although Stroheim is credited with discovering her, she had already made several films beginning in 1919 with The Day She Paid. She was the second wife of Sylvanus Stokes.
She was living on Via Linda in Palm Beach, Florida, near the Palm Beach Country Club, in 1958.
Mission Dupont died in Palm Beach in 1973.