Adele DeGarde (born Adelaide De Gard, also credited Adele De Garde; May 3, 1899 РNovember 1972) was an American silent film actress, who performed in at least 114 productions between 1908 and 1918. A native of Brooklyn, New York, she initially worked in uncredited parts under the direction of D. W. Griffith at Biograph Studios in Manhattan and later became a screen star for Vitagraph Studios, often specializing in ing̩nue roles.
In 1908, when pictures were looked at with a bit of apprehension, DeGarde (at the age of eight) began to appear in Vitagraph Studios. DeGarde and her friend, Kenneth Casey, played mischievous, spoiled, or ill-treated children in many films. As new stars joined Vitagraph, DeGarde and Kenneth acted with them. In several films that featured "two-generation" or "from-child-to-woman" type plots, the film would open with DeGarde as the child heroine and finish with Leah Baird, Edith Storey, or Dorothy Kelly taking over the role as an adult.
DeGarde became too old to portray little-girl parts. Loath to part with her, the company produced comedies featuring all-teen casts. These comedies were popular because they were typical of children at that age.
When Vitagraph was casting Within the Law, they searched for an actress for the part of Aggie Lynch, a character on whom all the comedy relief of the film was dependent. DeGarde received the part, and press critics had nothing but lavish praise for her performance as Lynch and pronounced it "a huge success".
In 1939, she attended an Old Home Week at Ohrbach's in New York with other movie actors such as Mae Murray and June Elvidge.