Mabel Bert

Mabel Bert (née Scott, 1862 – 1945) was an Australian-born American actress Mabel was an actress who was in stage productions including Straight Is the Way, The Wonderful Thing (1921) and Blackbirds (1920). Her father was A.C. Scott whose family was very wealthy.

Personal life

She left school when she was 17 years old, and on 25 May 1879, she married Edward G. Bert,

In 1887, she began a relationship with Arthur McKee Rankin (known as McKee Rankin) and became pregnant. She gave birth to a baby girl, Doris Rankin, who later married Lionel Barrymore, Bert's costar in Arizona. In 1892, Rankin's wife filed for divorce, but Rankin, a devoted Catholic, did not marry Bert. Rankin already had two daughters (Gladys and Phyllis) from his marriage to Kitty Blanchard.

On 28 July 1893, Bert married Forrest Robinson, They met when performing together in The Lost Paradise.

After becoming a widow in 1924, she lived with her daughter in Denver in the 1930s. Movie 1920: Blackbirds Stage Play 1918: Turn to the Right Stage Play 1915: Daddy-Long-Legs Stage Play 1912: The Senator Keeps House as Mrs Ida Flower: "Miss Mabel Bert played the part of Mrs. Ida Flower with great skill, delicacy and charm." Stege Play 1911: Sire as Mlle de Saint-Salbi: "One of the most sympathetic and charming character portrayals that has been seen on the Pittsburgh stage in a long time." Stage Play 1906: The Crossing as Mrs. Temple: "The finished acting of Miss Mabel Bert saved it from exceeding tameness" Stage Play 1906: The Light Eternal Stage Play 1906: The Price of Money Broadway 1899-1900-1901-1903-1905: Ben Hur as Mother of Hur Stage Play 1899: Arizona as Estrella Bonham Stage Play 1898: The Master as Mrs. Thomas Faber: "Mabel Bert as the wife of the stern "Master" cannot well be too much praised for her earnest and natural performances." Stage Play 1896: The Liar as Elaine Rousseau Stage Play 1894: The Lost Paradise: "Among the actors and actresses who made up the stock company and the Bijou last summer, none were more genuinely appreciated than young Forrest Robinson and Mabel Bert." Stage Play 1892: Little Tippett Stage Play 1891: The Canuck as Angelique Bisquitte Stage Play 1890: The Fatal Card Stage Play 1889: Undine Stage Play 1888: The New Danites as Miss Dido Stage Play 1886: The Last Days of Pompeii Stage Play 1885: A Wall Street Bandit