Mathilde Comont


Mathilde Comont, 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, she died aged 51 from a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938.

Partial filmography

Max Wants a Divorce - Loony DivaA Rogue's Romance A Tale of Two Worlds - Shopper Rosita - Rosita's motherThe Thief of Bagdad - the corpulent Prince of Persia Mademoiselle Midnight - Dueña / Mme. NellieHis Hour - Fat Harem LadyPlaying with Souls - Brothel Worker If Marriage Fails - LisaThe Sea Beast - MulaThe Enchanted Hill - ConchitaThe Girl from Montmartre - CarmenataThe Far Cry - MaidLa Bohème - Madame BenoitThe Gilded Highway - SarahKiki - Maid Paris at Midnight - Madame VauquerVolcano! - Madame TimbuctooPuppets - RosaThe Passionate Quest - What Price Glory? - CamilleRose of the Tenements - Mrs. KohnThe Whole Town's Talking - Maid The Wrong Mr. Wright The Loves of Carmen - EmiliaLove - Marfa - Hostess at Inn Streets of Shanghai - Buttercup, Mary's CompanionA Woman's Way - Mother SuzyRamona - MardaThe Charge of the Gauchos - Aunt RositaYou Know What Sailors Are - The British CaptainThe Rush Hour - Chanteuse at Bohemia Cafe The Sea Bat - MimbaCall of the Flesh - La RumbaritaRomance - VannucciJust Like Heaven - Madame FoghardeThe Lash - Concha Along Came Youth - Bit Role The Lady Who Dared - Chambermaid The Hard Hombre - Maria RomeroThe Cuban Love Song - Aunt RoseFreaks - Madame Bartet Lady with a Past - Waitress Careless Lady - French Hotel Maid L'athlète incomplet - EulalieLaughing at Life - MamacitaThe Devil's in Love - Nana Design for Living - Heavy Woman Caravan - Gypsy All Men Are Enemies - MaminaA Wicked Woman - Proprietess Escapade - CarmenHere's to Romance - ViolaWaterfront Lady - Mrs. SpadaloniCeiling Zero - Mama Gini Robin Hood of El Dorado - Señora Matinez Poor Little Rich Girl - Tony's WifeAnthony Adverse - Mama GuisseppiThe Longest Night - Fat Scrubwoman Along Came Love - CustomerGod's Country and the Woman - Mary, Jo's Housekeeper Wise Girl - Mama Guido