Mathilde Comont

French actress

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

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

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

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