Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938), credited also as Mathilda Caumont, was a French-born American actress, primarily of the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
.
Biography
Comont was 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)
* ''
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
''The Enchanted Hill'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Irvin Willat and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Noah Beery ...
'' (1926) - Conchita
* ''
The Girl from Montmartre'' (1926) - Carmenata
* ''
The Far Cry'' (1926) - Maid
* ''
La Bohème
''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...
'' (1926) - Madame Benoit
* ''
The Gilded Highway'' (1926) - Sarah
* ''
Kiki'' (1926) - Maid (uncredited)
* ''
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
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'' (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
''The Rush Hour'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Marie Prevost, Harrison Ford (silent film actor), Harrison Ford and Seena Owen.
Plot
Cast
* Marie Prevost as Margie Dolan
* Harris ...
'' (1928) - Chanteuse at Bohemia Cafe (uncredited)
* ''
The Sea Bat'' (1930) - Mimba
* ''
Call of the Flesh'' (1930, and
French language
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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
''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey ...
'' (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
External links
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1886 births
1938 deaths
Actresses from Bordeaux
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
20th-century French actresses
French emigrants to the United States