Mathilde Comont

French actress


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::summary French actress ::

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nameMathilde Comont
imageThe Enchanted Hill (1926) - 3.jpg
captionComont in The Enchanted Hill (1926)
birth_date
birth_placeBordeaux, France
death_date
death_placeHollywood, California, U.S.
occupationActress
yearsactive1908–1937
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| name = Mathilde Comont | image = The Enchanted Hill (1926) - 3.jpg | caption = Comont in The Enchanted Hill (1926) | birth_date = | birth_place = Bordeaux, France | death_date = | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = 1908–1937

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

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

References

References

  1. Heymont, George. (March 23, 2013). "Old School Hollywood Royalty". [[Huffington Post]].
  2. Soares, Andre. (2015). "First Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Award Winners: Emil Jannings, Janet Gaynor". Alt Film Guide.

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