Constance Adams DeMille

Constance Adams DeMille (April 27, 1873 – July 17, 1960) was an American actress and wife of filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille.

Early life Born in Orange, New Jersey, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, Richard DeMille was raised as their adopted son but was in fact the son of Cecil's brother William and Lorna Moon. Richard DeMille wrote about his background in the book My Secret Mother: Lorna Moon.

Death On July 17, 1960, DeMille died of pneumonia in Hollywood, aged 87. She is buried in Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery and is remembered by a memorial banyan tree she planted in 1933 along Hilo, Hawaii's Banyan Drive.