Mathilde Comont
Comont in The Enchanted Hill (1926)
Born(1886-09-09)9 September 1886
Bordeaux, France
Died21 June 1938(1938-06-21) (aged 51)
OccupationActress
Years active1908-1937

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

References

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