Mathilde Comont

Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938), credited also as Mathilda Caumont, was a French-born American actress, primarily of the silent era.

Mathilde Comont
Comont in The Enchanted Hill (1926)
Born	(1886-09-09)9 September 1886 Bordeaux, France
Died	21 June 1938(1938-06-21) (aged 51) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1908-1937

Biography

Born in Bordeaux, she appeared in films in her native country, particularly shorts, from 1908 and 1910, and then she appeared in U.S. films, starting with a few film shorts in 1917 and features including more than 60 films between 1919 and 1937, primarily as a supporting player, with several uncredited smaller roles. A heavy and short woman of 5 feet, 4 inches (163 cm), she died aged 51 from a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938.

Partial filmography

• Max Wants a Divorce (1917) - Loony Diva
• A Rogue's Romance (1919)
• A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) - Shopper (uncredited)
• Rosita (1923) - Rosita's mother
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - the corpulent Prince of Persia (uncredited)^[1]
• Mademoiselle Midnight (1924) - Dueña / Mme. Nellie
• His Hour (1924) - Fat Harem Lady
• Playing with Souls (1925) - Brothel Worker (uncredited)
• If Marriage Fails (1925) - Lisa
• The Sea Beast (1926) - Mula
• The Enchanted Hill (1926) - Conchita
• The Girl from Montmartre (1926) - Carmenata
• The Far Cry (1926) - Maid
• La Bohème (1926) - Madame Benoit
• The Gilded Highway (1926) - Sarah
• Kiki (1926) - Maid (uncredited)^[2]
• Paris at Midnight (1926) - Madame Vauquer
• Volcano! (1926) - Madame Timbuctoo
• Puppets (1926) - Rosa
• The Passionate Quest (1926) - (uncredited)
• What Price Glory? (1926) - Camille
• Rose of the Tenements (1926) - Mrs. Kohn
• The Whole Town's Talking (1926) - Maid (scenes deleted)
• The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927)
• The Loves of Carmen (1927) - Emilia
• Love (1927) - Marfa - Hostess at Inn (uncredited)
• Streets of Shanghai (1927) - Buttercup, Mary's Companion
• A Woman's Way (1928) - Mother Suzy
• Ramona (1928) - Marda
• The Charge of the Gauchos (1928) - Aunt Rosita
• You Know What Sailors Are (1928) - The British Captain
• The Rush Hour (1928) - Chanteuse at Bohemia Cafe (uncredited)
• The Sea Bat (1930) - Mimba
• Call of the Flesh (1930, and French language version Le chanteur de Séville) - La Rumbarita
• Romance (1930) - Vannucci
• Just Like Heaven (1930) - Madame Fogharde
• The Lash (1930) - Concha (uncredited)
• Along Came Youth (1930) - Bit Role (uncredited)
• The Lady Who Dared (1931) - Chambermaid (uncredited)
• The Hard Hombre (1931) - Maria Romero
• The Cuban Love Song (1931) - Aunt Rose
• Freaks (1932) - Madame Bartet (uncredited)
• Lady with a Past (1932) - Waitress (uncredited)
• Careless Lady (1932) - French Hotel Maid (uncredited)
• L'athlète incomplet (1932) - Eulalie
• Laughing at Life (1933) - Mamacita
• The Devil's in Love (1933) - Nana (uncredited)
• Design for Living (1933) - Heavy Woman (uncredited)
• Caravan (1934) - Gypsy (uncredited)
• All Men Are Enemies (1934) - Mamina
• A Wicked Woman (1934) - Proprietess (uncredited)
• Escapade (1935) - Carmen
• Here's to Romance (1935) - Viola
• Waterfront Lady (1935) - Mrs. Spadaloni
• Ceiling Zero (1936) - Mama Gini (uncredited)
• Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) - Señora Matinez (uncredited)
• Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) - Tony's Wife
• Anthony Adverse (1936) - Mama Guisseppi
• The Longest Night (1936) - Fat Scrubwoman (uncredited)
• Along Came Love (1936) - Customer
• God's Country and the Woman (1937) - Mary, Jo's Housekeeper (uncredited)
• Wise Girl (1937) - Mama Guido (uncredited)

References

1. Heymont, George (23 March 2013). "Old School Hollywood Royalty". Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. Soares, Andre (2015). "First Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Award Winners: Emil Jannings, Janet Gaynor". Alt Film Guide. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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