Mathilde Comont
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938) was a French-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in films in her native country, particularly shorts, before going on to appear in US films, she would feature in a total of 71 films between 1908 and 1937. A largish and short women of 5 feet,4 inches, she died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
Born: September 8, 1886
Place of Birth: Bordeaux, France
Known For
Paris at Midnight
In a Paris boarding house, a mysterious stranger seems to somehow solve the problems and conflicts of the residents, all the while hiding a secret of his own.
Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
The Thief of Bagdad
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Kiki
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
Design for Living
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
Poor Little Rich Girl
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
Rosita
The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.
The Sea Beast
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
Ramona
Based on the Helen Hunt Jackson novel of 1884 about a young woman of partial Native American descent, who experiences love and loss in 1800s California.
La Bohème
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Filmography
as Customer
as Cook Guisseppi
as Tony's Wife
as Señora Matinez
as Mrs. Spadaloni
as Viola
as Carmen
as Gypsy (Uncredited)
as Proprietess (uncredited)
as Heavy Woman (uncredited)
as Nana
as Mamacita
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as French Hotel Maid
as Waitress (Uncredited)
as Madame Bartet (uncredited)
as Aunt Rosa
as Maria Romero
as Chambermaid
as Señora Cortez
as Madame Fogharde
as Rita's Maid Vannucci
as La Rumbarita
as Mimba
as The British Captain
as Aunt Rosita
as Marda
as Mother Suzy
as Buttercup, Mary's Companion
as Marfa the Hostess at Inn (uncredited)
as Emilia
as Maid (scenes deleted)
as Mrs. Kohn
as Camille
as Madame Timbuctoo
as Madame Vauquer
as Maid (uncredited)
as Madame Benoit
as Sarah
as Maid
as Carmenata
as Conchita
as Mula
as Fat Harem Lady
as Dueña / Mme. Nellie
as Persian Prince (uncredited)
as Rosita's Mother
as The bride
as Shopper (uncredited)