Molly Lamont

Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress.

Life and career

Margorie Edith Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She was active in sports as a young woman. She moved to England after winning a beauty contest in her teens. As part of the contest, she was offered a film test by British International Pictures. She died on 7 July 2001 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, aged 91.

Filmography

The Black Hand Gang (1930) (uncredited) Uneasy Virtue (1931) as Ada Old Soldiers Never Die (1931) as Ada The Wife's Family (1931) as Sally Doctor Josser K.C. (1931) (uncredited) Strictly Business (1931) as Maureen What a Night! (1931) as Nora Livingstone Shadows (1931) as Jill Dexter The Strangler (1932) as Frances Marsden The House Opposite (1932) as Doris Brother Alfred (1932) as Stella Lucky Girl (1932) as Lady Moira The Last Coupon (1932) as Betty Carter Josser on the River (1932) as Julia Kaye His Wife's Mother (1932) as Cynthia Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) as Actress Leave It to Me (1933) as Eve Halliday Paris Plane (1933) Letting in the Sunshine (1933) as Lady Anne White Ensign (1934) as Consul's Daughter No Escape (1934) as Helen Arnold Irish Hearts (1934) as Nurse Otway The Third Clue (1934) as Rosemary Clayton Murder at Monte Carlo (1935) as Margaret Becker Handle with Care (1935) as Patricia Oh, What a Night (1935) as Pat Rolling Home (1935) as Ann Jalna (1935) as Pheasant Vaughn Whiteoaks Alibi Inn (1935) as Mary Talbot Another Face (1935) as Mary McCall Muss 'em Up (1936) as Nancy Harding, Paul's Daughter Mary of Scotland (1936) as Mary Livingstone Fury and the Woman (1936) as June McCrae A Woman Rebels (1936) as Young Girl with Sick Baby (uncredited) The Jungle Princess (1936) as Ava A Doctor's Diary (1937) as Mrs. Fielding The Awful Truth (1937) as Barbara Vance Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) as Nurse Winifred (uncredited) The Moon and Sixpence (1942) as Mrs. Amy Strickland (uncredited) A Gentle Gangster (1943) as Ann Hallit Thumbs Up (1943) as Welfare Supervisor Follow the Boys (1944) as Miss Hartford (secretary) (uncredited) The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) as Helen Hampton (uncredited) Mr. Skeffington (1944) as Miss Norris (uncredited) Minstrel Man (1944) as Caroline (Mother) Youth Runs Wild (1944) as Mrs. Webster (uncredited) Three Sisters of the Moors (1944, Short) as Charlotte Brontë The Suspect (1944) as Edith Simmons Devil Bat's Daughter (1946) as Ellen Masters Morris So Goes My Love (1946) as Cousin Garnet Allison The Dark Corner (1946) as Lucy Wilding (uncredited) Scared to Death (1947) as Laura Van Ee Ivy (1947) as Bella Crail Christmas Eve (1947) as Harriet Rhodes South Sea Sinner (1950) as Kay Williams The First Legion (1951) as Mrs. Nora Gilmartin (final film role)