Mathilde Comont

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

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 (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)
• 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)

External links

• Mathilde Comont at IMDb