# 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

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)