Alatia Marton

Alatia Lee Marton (September 15, 1894 – June 4, 1972) was an American actress who appeared in about a dozen silent film shorts between 1917 and 1918.

Early life and education Marton was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Henry Marton and Clara Anne Davis Marton (later Arnold). She graduated from Dallas High School. Career Marton answered phones at a cement company as a young woman. She won a screen test, She was known as one of Mack Sennett's "Bathing Beauties".

Marton left the film industry to marry in 1918, Filmography All of Marton's credits were in short silent comedy films from 1917 and 1918. A Toy of Fate (1917) A Hotel Disgrace (1917) Their Husband (1917, co-starring Harry Depp) False to the Finish (1917) His Hidden Shame (1918, starring Max Asher, Mal St. Clair, and Eddie Gribbon) Ruined by a Dumb Waiter (1918) The Kitchen Lady (1918) they had a daughter. Her husband died in 1944, her daughter died in 1969, and she died in 1972, at the age of 77, in Dallas.