She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love interest of John Gilbert in the melodramatic romance and war epic The Big Parade.

Born in Lille as Jeanne de la Fonte,[1][page needed] Adorée was the daughter of circus artists and performed regularly with her parents as a child.

She adopted the stage name Renée Adorée (French for "reborn" and "adored", both in the feminine form), and established a reputation for her dancing skills in countries including Belgium, France, Germany and Sweden.

[2] In January 1920, the opportunity arose for her to further her motion picture career when she was cast for the lead role in The Strongest, directed by Raoul Walsh.

[2] Adorée is most famous for her role as Melisande in the melodramatic romance and war epic The Big Parade (1925) opposite John Gilbert.

Adorée went against her physician's advice by finishing her final film Call of the Flesh with Ramón Novarro.

At its completion, she was rushed to a sanatorium in Prescott, Arizona, where she lay flat on her back for two years in an effort to regain her physical health.

In September 1933, Adorée was moved from her modest home in the Tujunga Hills to the Sunland health resort in Los Angeles.

[13] For her contributions to the film industry, Adorée has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1601, Vine Street.