Mathilde Comont

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 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 (163 cm), she died aged 51 from a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938.

Partial filmography

Max Wants a Divorce (1917) - Loony Diva A Rogue's Romance (1919) A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) - Shopper (uncredited) Rosita (1923) - Rosita's mother The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - the corpulent Prince of Persia (uncredited) Mademoiselle Midnight (1924) - Dueña / Mme. Nellie His Hour (1924) - Fat Harem Lady Playing with Souls (1925) - Brothel Worker (uncredited) If Marriage Fails (1925) - Lisa The Sea Beast (1926) - Mula The Enchanted Hill (1926) - Conchita The Girl from Montmartre (1926) - Carmenata The Far Cry (1926) - Maid La Bohème (1926) - Madame Benoit The Gilded Highway (1926) - Sarah Kiki (1926) - Maid (uncredited) Paris at Midnight (1926) - Madame Vauquer Volcano! (1926) - Madame Timbuctoo Puppets (1926) - Rosa The Passionate Quest (1926) - (uncredited) What Price Glory? (1926) - Camille Rose of the Tenements (1926) - Mrs. Kohn The Whole Town's Talking (1926) - Maid (scenes deleted) The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927) The Loves of Carmen (1927) - Emilia Love (1927) - Marfa - Hostess at Inn (uncredited) Streets of Shanghai (1927) - Buttercup, Mary's Companion A Woman's Way (1928) - Mother Suzy Ramona (1928) - Marda The Charge of the Gauchos (1928) - Aunt Rosita You Know What Sailors Are (1928) - The British Captain The Rush Hour (1928) - Chanteuse at Bohemia Cafe (uncredited) The Sea Bat (1930) - Mimba Call of the Flesh (1930, and French language version Le chanteur de Séville) - La Rumbarita Romance (1930) - Vannucci Just Like Heaven (1930) - Madame Fogharde The Lash (1930) - Concha (uncredited) Along Came Youth (1930) - Bit Role (uncredited) The Lady Who Dared (1931) - Chambermaid (uncredited) The Hard Hombre (1931) - Maria Romero The Cuban Love Song (1931) - Aunt Rose Freaks (1932) - Madame Bartet (uncredited) Lady with a Past (1932) - Waitress (uncredited) Careless Lady (1932) - French Hotel Maid (uncredited) L'athlète incomplet (1932) - Eulalie Laughing at Life (1933) - Mamacita The Devil's in Love (1933) - Nana (uncredited) Design for Living (1933) - Heavy Woman (uncredited) Caravan (1934) - Gypsy (uncredited) All Men Are Enemies (1934) - Mamina A Wicked Woman (1934) - Proprietess (uncredited) Escapade (1935) - Carmen Here's to Romance (1935) - Viola Waterfront Lady (1935) - Mrs. Spadaloni Ceiling Zero (1936) - Mama Gini (uncredited) Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) - Señora Matinez (uncredited) Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) - Tony's Wife Anthony Adverse (1936) - Mama Guisseppi The Longest Night (1936) - Fat Scrubwoman (uncredited) Along Came Love (1936) - Customer God's Country and the Woman (1937) - Mary, Jo's Housekeeper (uncredited) Wise Girl (1937) - Mama Guido (uncredited)